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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] net: inet_sock.h: Avoid thousands of -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:25:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251023172518.3f370477@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aPdx4iPK4-KIhjFq@kspp>

On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:43:30 +0100 Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>  struct ip_options_data {
> -	struct ip_options_rcu	opt;
> -	char			data[40];
> +	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct ip_options_rcu, opt, opt.__data,
> +			 char			data[40];
> +	);
>  };

Is there a way to reserve space for flexible length array on the stack
without resorting to any magic macros? This struct has total of 5 users.
-- 
pw-bot: cr

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-24  0:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-21 11:43 [PATCH][next] net: inet_sock.h: Avoid thousands of -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-21 15:58 ` Simon Horman
2025-10-24  0:25 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-10-24 11:24   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-10-24 23:23     ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-11-18  4:36       ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-11-18 20:27         ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-11-19 22:40         ` Kees Cook

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