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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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| gameport | ||
| joystick | ||
| keyboard | ||
| misc | ||
| mouse | ||
| rmi4 | ||
| serio | ||
| tablet | ||
| touchscreen | ||
| apm-power.c | ||
| evbug.c | ||
| evdev.c | ||
| ff-core.c | ||
| ff-memless.c | ||
| input-compat.c | ||
| input-compat.h | ||
| input-leds.c | ||
| input-mt.c | ||
| input-polldev.c | ||
| input-poller.c | ||
| input-poller.h | ||
| input.c | ||
| joydev.c | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Makefile | ||
| matrix-keymap.c | ||
| mousedev.c | ||
| sparse-keymap.c | ||