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The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:
struct foo {
int stuff;
struct boo array[];
};
By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:
"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
[3] commit
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appletalk | ||
arcnet | ||
bonding | ||
caif | ||
can | ||
dsa | ||
ethernet | ||
fddi | ||
fjes | ||
hamradio | ||
hippi | ||
hyperv | ||
ieee802154 | ||
ipvlan | ||
netdevsim | ||
phy | ||
plip | ||
ppp | ||
slip | ||
team | ||
usb | ||
vmxnet3 | ||
wan | ||
wimax | ||
wireguard | ||
wireless | ||
xen-netback | ||
bareudp.c | ||
dummy.c | ||
eql.c | ||
geneve.c | ||
gtp.c | ||
ifb.c | ||
Kconfig | ||
LICENSE.SRC | ||
loopback.c | ||
macsec.c | ||
macvlan.c | ||
macvtap.c | ||
Makefile | ||
mdio.c | ||
mii.c | ||
net_failover.c | ||
netconsole.c | ||
nlmon.c | ||
ntb_netdev.c | ||
rionet.c | ||
sb1000.c | ||
Space.c | ||
sungem_phy.c | ||
tap.c | ||
thunderbolt.c | ||
tun.c | ||
veth.c | ||
virtio_net.c | ||
vrf.c | ||
vsockmon.c | ||
vxlan.c | ||
xen-netfront.c |