linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] PCI: hv: Avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

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Message-ID: <202504301436.1412C521A4@keescook>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:36:52 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
	Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] PCI: hv: Avoid multiple
 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:47:38AM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
> getting ready to enable it, globally.
> 
> Use the `DEFINE_RAW_FLEX()` helper for a few on-stack definitions
> of a flexible structure where the size of the flexible-array member
> is known at compile-time, and refactor the rest of the code,
> accordingly.
> 
> So, with these changes, fix the following warnings:
> 
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:3809:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:2831:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:2468:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:1830:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:1593:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:1504:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c:1424:35: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

These all look like good conversions to me. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>

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Kees Cook