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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
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| cirrus.h | ||
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| display_timing.h | ||
| edid.h | ||
| gbe.h | ||
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| imx-ipu-image-convert.h | ||
| imx-ipu-v3.h | ||
| kyro.h | ||
| mach64.h | ||
| maxinefb.h | ||
| mbxfb.h | ||
| metronomefb.h | ||
| mipi_display.h | ||
| mmp_disp.h | ||
| neomagic.h | ||
| newport.h | ||
| of_display_timing.h | ||
| of_videomode.h | ||
| omap-panel-data.h | ||
| omapfb_dss.h | ||
| omapvrfb.h | ||
| permedia2.h | ||
| platform_lcd.h | ||
| pm3fb.h | ||
| pmag-ba-fb.h | ||
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| radeon.h | ||
| s1d13xxxfb.h | ||
| sa1100fb.h | ||
| samsung_fimd.h | ||
| sh_mobile_lcdc.h | ||
| sisfb.h | ||
| sstfb.h | ||
| tdfx.h | ||
| tgafb.h | ||
| trident.h | ||
| udlfb.h | ||
| uvesafb.h | ||
| vga.h | ||
| videomode.h | ||
| w100fb.h | ||