linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3][next] net/mlx5e: Avoid a hundred -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:29:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3][next] net/mlx5e: Avoid a hundred
 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:47:32 +1030 you wrote:
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
> getting ready to enable it, globally.
> 
> So, in this particular case, we create a new `struct mlx5e_umr_wqe_hdr`
> to enclose the header part of flexible structure `struct mlx5e_umr_wqe`.
> This is, all the members except the flexible arrays `inline_mtts`,
> `inline_klms` and `inline_ksms` in the anonymous union. We then replace
> the header part with `struct mlx5e_umr_wqe_hdr hdr;` in `struct
> mlx5e_umr_wqe`, and change the type of the object currently causing
> trouble `umr_wqe` from `struct mlx5e_umr_wqe` to `struct
> mlx5e_umr_wqe_hdr` --this last bit gets rid of the flex-array-in-the-middle
> part and avoid the warnings.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3,next] net/mlx5e: Avoid a hundred -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bf08fd32cc55

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