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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
To: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
	Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] ocfs2: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:01:19 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aRKm_7aN7Smc3J5L@kspp> (raw)

-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:

fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:52:41: 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 MEMBER struct ocfs2_extent_rec er; onto the
FAM struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root::xr_list.l_recs[], while keeping the
FAM and the start of MEMBER aligned.

The static_assert() ensures this alignment remains, and it's
intentionally placed inmediately after the related structure --no
blank line in between.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
---
 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index d70a20d29e3e..09069defd7e1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@
 #include "ocfs2_trace.h"
 
 struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root {
-	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root	xv;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_rec		er;
+	/* Must be last as it ends in a flexible-array member. */
+	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root, xv, xr_list.l_recs,
+		struct ocfs2_extent_rec		er;
+	);
 };
+static_assert(offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root, xv.xr_list.l_recs) ==
+	      offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root, er));
 
 struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket {
 	/* The inode these xattrs are associated with */
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-11-11  3:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-11  3:01 Gustavo A. R. Silva [this message]
2025-11-17  5:32 ` [PATCH][next] ocfs2: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning Heming Zhao
2025-11-17  5:47   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-12-03  5:12   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-12-03  5:47   ` Joseph Qi

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