ath11k: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code should always use "flexible array members"[1] for these cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2]. Refactor the code a bit according to the use of a flexible-array member in struct scan_chan_list_params instead of a one-element array, and use the struct_size() helper. Also, save 25 (too many) bytes that were being allocated: $ pahole -C channel_param drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.o struct channel_param { u8 chan_id; /* 0 1 */ u8 pwr; /* 1 1 */ u32 mhz; /* 2 4 */ /* Bitfield combined with next fields */ u32 half_rate:1; /* 4:16 4 */ u32 quarter_rate:1; /* 4:17 4 */ u32 dfs_set:1; /* 4:18 4 */ u32 dfs_set_cfreq2:1; /* 4:19 4 */ u32 is_chan_passive:1; /* 4:20 4 */ u32 allow_ht:1; /* 4:21 4 */ u32 allow_vht:1; /* 4:22 4 */ u32 allow_he:1; /* 4:23 4 */ u32 set_agile:1; /* 4:24 4 */ u32 psc_channel:1; /* 4:25 4 */ /* XXX 6 bits hole, try to pack */ u32 phy_mode; /* 8 4 */ u32 cfreq1; /* 12 4 */ u32 cfreq2; /* 16 4 */ char maxpower; /* 20 1 */ char minpower; /* 21 1 */ char maxregpower; /* 22 1 */ u8 antennamax; /* 23 1 */ u8 reg_class_id; /* 24 1 */ /* size: 25, cachelines: 1, members: 21 */ /* sum members: 23 */ /* sum bitfield members: 10 bits, bit holes: 1, sum bit holes: 6 bits */ /* last cacheline: 25 bytes */ } __attribute__((__packed__)); as previously, sizeof(struct scan_chan_list_params) was 32 bytes: $ pahole -C scan_chan_list_params drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.o struct scan_chan_list_params { u32 pdev_id; /* 0 4 */ u16 nallchans; /* 4 2 */ struct channel_param ch_param[1]; /* 6 25 */ /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */ /* padding: 1 */ /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */ }; and now with the flexible array transformation it is just 8 bytes: $ pahole -C scan_chan_list_params drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.o struct scan_chan_list_params { u32 pdev_id; /* 0 4 */ u16 nallchans; /* 4 2 */ struct channel_param ch_param[]; /* 6 0 */ /* size: 8, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */ /* padding: 2 */ /* last cacheline: 8 bytes */ }; This helps with the ongoing efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds and get us closer to being able to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(). This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle and audited and fixed, manually. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79 Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/109Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210823172159.GA25800@embeddedor
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