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    PCI: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array · 914a1951
    Gustavo A. R. Silva authored
    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 as 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 76497732 ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
    
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200507190544.GA15633@embeddedorSigned-off-by: default avatarGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
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