From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@broadcom.com>,
Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@broadcom.com>,
Shivasharan S <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@broadcom.com>,
Chandrakanth patil <chandrakanth.patil@broadcom.com>,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
megaraidlinux.pdl@broadcom.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][next] scsi: megaraid_sas: Avoid a couple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:47:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq1qzv5b1gd.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aM1E7Xa8qYdZ598N@kspp> (Gustavo A. R. Silva's message of "Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:56:29 +0200")
Gustavo,
> -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 warnings:
>
> drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h:1153:31: warning:
> structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of
> another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h:1198:32: 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 --in this case `struct
> MR_LD_SPAN_MAP ldSpanMap[MAX_LOGICAL_DRIVES_DYN]` and `struct
> MR_LD_SPAN_MAP ldSpanMap[MAX_LOGICAL_DRIVES]` in the corresponding
> structures.
>
> This overlays the trailing members onto the FAM (struct MR_LD_SPAN_MAP
> ldSpanMap[];) while keeping the FAM and the start of MEMBERS aligned.
>
> The static_assert() ensures this alignment remains, and it's
> intentionally placed inmediately after the corresponding structures
> --no blank line in between.
Applied to 6.19/scsi-staging, thanks!
--
Martin K. Petersen
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-19 11:56 [PATCH v2][next] scsi: megaraid_sas: Avoid a couple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-07 10:43 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-07 11:59 ` James Bottomley
2025-10-07 14:18 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-07 22:56 ` James Bottomley
2025-10-08 9:28 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-14 21:55 ` Martin K. Petersen
2025-10-14 21:47 ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
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