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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]
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
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| Makefile | ||
| arraymap.c | ||
| bpf_iter.c | ||
| bpf_lru_list.c | ||
| bpf_lru_list.h | ||
| bpf_lsm.c | ||
| bpf_struct_ops.c | ||
| bpf_struct_ops_types.h | ||
| btf.c | ||
| cgroup.c | ||
| core.c | ||
| cpumap.c | ||
| devmap.c | ||
| disasm.c | ||
| disasm.h | ||
| dispatcher.c | ||
| hashtab.c | ||
| helpers.c | ||
| inode.c | ||
| local_storage.c | ||
| lpm_trie.c | ||
| map_in_map.c | ||
| map_in_map.h | ||
| map_iter.c | ||
| offload.c | ||
| percpu_freelist.c | ||
| percpu_freelist.h | ||
| queue_stack_maps.c | ||
| reuseport_array.c | ||
| stackmap.c | ||
| syscall.c | ||
| sysfs_btf.c | ||
| task_iter.c | ||
| tnum.c | ||
| trampoline.c | ||
| verifier.c | ||
| xskmap.c | ||