Re: [PATCH v3][next] tty: tty_buffer: Avoid hundreds of -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

On 06. 02. 25, 4:39, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Currently, member `sentinel` in `struct tty_bufhead` is causing trouble
> becase its type is `struct tty_buffer`, which is a flexible structure
> --meaning it contains a flexible-array member. This combined with the
> fact that `sentinel` is positioned in the middle of `struct tty_bufhead`,

THUMBS_UP

> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
>   - Implement `struct tty_buffer_hdr` as a separate struct and embed it
>     into `struct tty_buffer`. Refactor the rest of the code, accordingly.

Better, but:

> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> index 79f0ff94ce00..cd04a6567a33 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c

...

> @@ -576,11 +579,14 @@ int tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer(struct tty_port *port,
>   void tty_buffer_init(struct tty_port *port)
>   {
>   	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
> +	struct tty_buffer *buf_sentinel;
> +
> +	buf_sentinel = container_of(&buf->sentinel, struct tty_buffer, hdr);

Bah, so this is ugly and even dangerous if someone adds a member to 
tty_buffer outside _hdr.

We should link headers in the list, it appears.

> --- a/include/linux/tty_buffer.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tty_buffer.h
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>   #include <linux/mutex.h>
>   #include <linux/workqueue.h>
>   
> -struct tty_buffer {
> +struct tty_buffer_hdr {
>   	union {
>   		struct tty_buffer *next;
>   		struct llist_node free;
> @@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ struct tty_buffer {
>   	unsigned int used;
>   	unsigned int size;
>   	unsigned int commit;
> -	unsigned int lookahead;		/* Lazy update on recv, can become less than "read" */
> +	unsigned int lookahead; /* Lazy update on recv, can become less than "read" */

This is an unrelated/unwanted change.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs