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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
	Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3][next] drm/nouveau: fifo: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:08:41 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e1009d16-cadb-4446-aef5-4a52197551a4@embeddedor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aJ17oxJYcqqr3946@kspp>

Hi all,

Friendly ping: who can take this, please?

Thanks
-Gustavo

On 8/14/25 15:01, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
> getting ready to enable it, globally.
> 
> Use the new TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper to fix the following warning:
> 
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c:29:42: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> 
> This helper creates a union between a flexible-array member (FAM)
> and a set of members that would otherwise follow it. This overlays
> the trailing members onto the FAM while preserving the original
> memory layout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
>   - Use the new TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper.
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   - Adjust heap allocation.
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c
> index a463289962b2..b0ab80995d98 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c
> @@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ static int
>   nvif_fifo_runlists(struct nvif_device *device)
>   {
>   	struct nvif_object *object = &device->object;
> -	struct {
> -		struct nv_device_info_v1 m;
> +	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct nv_device_info_v1, m, data,
>   		struct {
>   			struct nv_device_info_v1_data runlists;
>   			struct nv_device_info_v1_data runlist[64];
>   		} v;
> -	} *a;
> +	) *a;
>   	int ret, i;
>   
>   	if (device->runlist)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-06  6:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-14  6:01 [PATCH v3][next] drm/nouveau: fifo: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-09-15 23:06 ` Justin Stitt
2026-01-06  6:08 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva [this message]
2026-01-06 20:14   ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-01-06 20:21     ` Kees Cook
2026-01-07  6:35       ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2026-01-06 19:59 ` Kees Cook

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