From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ath6kl: wmi: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:27:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202601151627.99DFE54@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aR153k4ExCD-QTMq@kspp>
On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 05:03:42PM +0900, 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.
>
> Move the conflicting declaration (which happens to be in a union, so
> we're moving the entire union) to the end of the corresponding
> structure. Notice that `struct bss_bias_info` is a flexible structure,
> this is a structure that contains a flexible-array member.
>
> With these changes fix the following warning:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h:1658:20: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
> index 3080d82e25cc..0e7810b9372f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.h
> @@ -1649,6 +1649,9 @@ struct low_rssi_scan_params {
> } __packed;
>
> struct roam_ctrl_cmd {
> + u8 roam_ctrl;
> +
> + /* Must be last as it ends in a flexible-array member. */
> union {
> u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN]; /* WMI_FORCE_ROAM */
> u8 roam_mode; /* WMI_SET_ROAM_MODE */
> @@ -1656,7 +1659,6 @@ struct roam_ctrl_cmd {
> struct low_rssi_scan_params params; /* WMI_SET_LRSSI_SCAN_PARAMS
> */
> } __packed info;
> - u8 roam_ctrl;
> } __packed;
It looks like this is a hardware interface, so I don't think roam_ctrl
can be moved like that. See ath6kl_wmi_set_roam_lrssi_cmd().
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
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2025-11-19 8:03 [PATCH][next] ath6kl: wmi: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning Gustavo A. R. Silva
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