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]
sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
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 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva gustavoars@kernel.org --- sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-atom-controls.h | 2 +- sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-i2s.h | 2 +- sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h | 4 ++-- sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-atom-controls.h b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-atom-controls.h index 5356e954a732..620b48d2a064 100644 --- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-atom-controls.h +++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-atom-controls.h @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ struct sst_cmd_set_gain_dual { struct sst_cmd_set_params { struct sst_destination_id dst; u16 command_id; - char params[0]; + char params[]; } __packed;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-i2s.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-i2s.h index d7c15873c0d4..dfce91e11be1 100644 --- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-i2s.h +++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-i2s.h @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct skl_i2s_config_mclk { struct skl_i2s_config_mclk_ext { u32 mdivctrl; u32 mdivr_count; - u32 mdivr[0]; + u32 mdivr[]; } __packed;
struct skl_i2s_config_blob_signature { diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h index e967800dbb62..d2cd8ef8e97f 100644 --- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h +++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.h @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct skl_cpr_gtw_cfg { struct skl_dma_control { u32 node_id; u32 config_length; - u32 config_data[0]; + u32 config_data[]; } __packed;
struct skl_cpr_cfg { @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ struct skl_up_down_mixer_cfg {
struct skl_algo_cfg { struct skl_base_cfg base_cfg; - char params[0]; + char params[]; } __packed;
struct skl_base_outfmt_cfg { diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h index 2bfbf59277c4..26057f38a014 100644 --- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h +++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.h @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct skl_astate_param {
struct skl_astate_config { u32 count; - struct skl_astate_param astate_table[0]; + struct skl_astate_param astate_table[]; };
struct skl_fw_config {