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From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Potnuri Bharat Teja <bharat@chelsio.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] cxgb4: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 17:51:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240807165152.GD3006561@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZrD8vpfiYugd0cPQ@cute>

On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 10:24:30AM -0600, 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.
> 
> So, in order to avoid ending up with a flexible-array member in the
> middle of multiple other structs, we use the `__struct_group()`
> helper to create a new tagged `struct tc_u32_sel_hdr`. This structure
> groups together all the members of the flexible `struct tc_u32_sel`
> except the flexible array.
> 
> As a result, the array is effectively separated from the rest of the
> members without modifying the memory layout of the flexible structure.
> We then change the type of the middle struct member currently causing
> trouble from `struct tc_u32_sel` to `struct tc_u32_sel_hdr`.
> 
> This approach avoids having to implement `struct tc_u32_sel_hdr`
> as a completely separate structure, thus preventing having to maintain
> two independent but basically identical structures, closing the door
> to potential bugs in the future.
> 
> So, with these changes, fix the following warning:
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_u32_parse.h:245:27: 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>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>


  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-07 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-05 16:24 [PATCH][next] cxgb4: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning Gustavo A. R. Silva
2024-08-07 16:51 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2024-08-08  3:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-08-08 18:41   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2024-08-09  2:15     ` Jakub Kicinski

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