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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]
Lastly, fix checkpatch.pl warning
WARNING: __aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))
in net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
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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| .. | ||
| netfilter | ||
| br.c | ||
| br_arp_nd_proxy.c | ||
| br_device.c | ||
| br_fdb.c | ||
| br_forward.c | ||
| br_if.c | ||
| br_input.c | ||
| br_ioctl.c | ||
| br_mdb.c | ||
| br_multicast.c | ||
| br_netfilter_hooks.c | ||
| br_netfilter_ipv6.c | ||
| br_netlink.c | ||
| br_netlink_tunnel.c | ||
| br_nf_core.c | ||
| br_private.h | ||
| br_private_stp.h | ||
| br_private_tunnel.h | ||
| br_stp.c | ||
| br_stp_bpdu.c | ||
| br_stp_if.c | ||
| br_stp_timer.c | ||
| br_switchdev.c | ||
| br_sysfs_br.c | ||
| br_sysfs_if.c | ||
| br_vlan.c | ||
| br_vlan_options.c | ||
| br_vlan_tunnel.c | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Makefile | ||