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ethtool.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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] KSPP#21 [3] commit 7649773 ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
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include/linux/ethtool.h

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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct compat_ethtool_rxnfc {
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compat_u64 data;
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struct compat_ethtool_rx_flow_spec fs;
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u32 rule_cnt;
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u32 rule_locs[0];
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u32 rule_locs[];
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};
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#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ int ethtool_check_ops(const struct ethtool_ops *ops);
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struct ethtool_rx_flow_rule {
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struct flow_rule *rule;
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unsigned long priv[0];
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unsigned long priv[];
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};
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struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec_input {

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