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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]
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
[3] commit
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admtek | ||
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atmel | ||
broadcom | ||
cisco | ||
intel | ||
intersil | ||
marvell | ||
mediatek | ||
quantenna | ||
ralink | ||
realtek | ||
rsi | ||
st | ||
ti | ||
zydas | ||
Kconfig | ||
mac80211_hwsim.c | ||
mac80211_hwsim.h | ||
Makefile | ||
ray_cs.c | ||
ray_cs.h | ||
rayctl.h | ||
rndis_wlan.c | ||
virt_wifi.c | ||
wl3501_cs.c | ||
wl3501.h |