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The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:
struct foo {
int stuff;
struct boo array[];
};
By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:
"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
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| ib_addr.h | ||
| ib_cache.h | ||
| ib_cm.h | ||
| ib_fmr_pool.h | ||
| ib_hdrs.h | ||
| ib_mad.h | ||
| ib_marshall.h | ||
| ib_pack.h | ||
| ib_pma.h | ||
| ib_sa.h | ||
| ib_smi.h | ||
| ib_umem_odp.h | ||
| ib_umem.h | ||
| ib_verbs.h | ||
| ib.h | ||
| iba.h | ||
| ibta_vol1_c12.h | ||
| iw_cm.h | ||
| iw_portmap.h | ||
| lag.h | ||
| mr_pool.h | ||
| opa_addr.h | ||
| opa_port_info.h | ||
| opa_smi.h | ||
| opa_vnic.h | ||
| rdma_cm_ib.h | ||
| rdma_cm.h | ||
| rdma_counter.h | ||
| rdma_netlink.h | ||
| rdma_vt.h | ||
| rdmavt_cq.h | ||
| rdmavt_mr.h | ||
| rdmavt_qp.h | ||
| restrack.h | ||
| rw.h | ||
| signature.h | ||
| tid_rdma_defs.h | ||
| uverbs_ioctl.h | ||
| uverbs_named_ioctl.h | ||
| uverbs_std_types.h | ||
| uverbs_types.h | ||