linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] input/vmmouse: Fix device name copies

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Message-ID: <202401050506.N1aMF9sD-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 06:01:10 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@...adcom.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: llvm@...ts.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
	Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@...adcom.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Raul Rangel <rrangel@...omium.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] input/vmmouse: Fix device name copies

Hi Zack,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on dtor-input/next]
[also build test ERROR on dtor-input/for-linus linus/master v6.7-rc8 next-20240104]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Zack-Rusin/input-vmmouse-Fix-device-name-copies/20240104-130724
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240104050605.1773158-1-zack.rusin%40broadcom.com
patch subject: [PATCH v2] input/vmmouse: Fix device name copies
config: i386-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240105/202401050506.N1aMF9sD-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: ClangBuiltLinux clang version 17.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 6009708b4367171ccdbf4b5905cb6a803753fe18)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240105/202401050506.N1aMF9sD-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202401050506.N1aMF9sD-lkp@intel.com/

All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c:78:5: warning: variable length array used [-Wvla]
      77 |         char phys[sizeof_field(struct serio, phys) +
         |                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      78 |                   strlen(VMMOUSE_PHYS_NAME_POSTFIX_STR)];
         |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c:77:7: error: fields must have a constant size: 'variable length array in structure' extension will never be supported
      77 |         char phys[sizeof_field(struct serio, phys) +
         |              ^
   1 warning and 1 error generated.


vim +77 drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c

    67	
    68	/**
    69	 * struct vmmouse_data - private data structure for the vmmouse driver
    70	 *
    71	 * @abs_dev: "Absolute" device used to report absolute mouse movement.
    72	 * @phys: Physical path for the absolute device.
    73	 * @dev_name: Name attribute name for the absolute device.
    74	 */
    75	struct vmmouse_data {
    76		struct input_dev *abs_dev;
  > 77		char phys[sizeof_field(struct serio, phys) +
  > 78			  strlen(VMMOUSE_PHYS_NAME_POSTFIX_STR)];
    79		char dev_name[128];
    80	};
    81	

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