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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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| apollo | ||
| atari | ||
| bvme6000 | ||
| coldfire | ||
| configs | ||
| emu | ||
| fpsp040 | ||
| hp300 | ||
| ifpsp060 | ||
| include | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| mac | ||
| math-emu | ||
| mm | ||
| mvme16x | ||
| mvme147 | ||
| q40 | ||
| sun3 | ||
| sun3x | ||
| tools/amiga | ||
| install.sh | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Kconfig.bus | ||
| Kconfig.cpu | ||
| Kconfig.debug | ||
| Kconfig.devices | ||
| Kconfig.machine | ||
| Makefile | ||