Re: [PATCH v2] x86/DMI: adjustments to comply with Misra C:2012 Rule 9.3

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>]

On 05/12/2023 1:35 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
> The rule demands that all array elements be initialized (or dedicated
> initializers be used). Introduce a small set of macros to allow doing so
> without unduly affecting use sites (in particular in terms of how many
> elements .matches[] actually has; right now there's no use of
> DMI_MATCH4(), so we could even consider reducing the array size to 3).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
> ---
> Of course a question is how many of these DMI table entries are in fact
> no longer applicable (e.g. because of naming 32-bit-only systems).
> Subsequently the table in dmi_scan.c itself may want cleaning up as
> well, yet I guess the question of stale entries is even more relevant
> there.
> ---
> v2: Make things also build with older gcc.


This is broken with Ubuntu
https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/-/jobs/5691138448  and you don't
appear to have been online today.

Unless you have a clever idea for a very prompt fix, it's going to need
reverting to cause GitlabCI to be usable for everyone else.

~Andrew