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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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!NzMr-YRl2zy-K3lwLVVatz7x0uD2z7-ykQag4GrGigxmfWU8TWzDy6xrkTiW3hYl00czlw$
[2] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!NzMr-YRl2zy-K3lwLVVatz7x0uD2z7-ykQag4GrGigxmfWU8TWzDy6xrkTiW3hYHG1nAnw$
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| nodemanager.c | ||
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| ocfs2_heartbeat.h | ||
| ocfs2_nodemanager.h | ||
| quorum.c | ||
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| sys.c | ||
| sys.h | ||
| tcp.c | ||
| tcp.h | ||
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