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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
[3] commit
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| mmu | ||
| svm | ||
| vmx | ||
| cpuid.c | ||
| cpuid.h | ||
| debugfs.c | ||
| emulate.c | ||
| hyperv.c | ||
| hyperv.h | ||
| i8254.c | ||
| i8254.h | ||
| i8259.c | ||
| ioapic.c | ||
| ioapic.h | ||
| irq_comm.c | ||
| irq.c | ||
| irq.h | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| kvm_cache_regs.h | ||
| kvm_emulate.h | ||
| lapic.c | ||
| lapic.h | ||
| Makefile | ||
| mmu_audit.c | ||
| mmu.h | ||
| mmutrace.h | ||
| mtrr.c | ||
| pmu.c | ||
| pmu.h | ||
| trace.h | ||
| tss.h | ||
| x86.c | ||
| x86.h | ||