linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] tls: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning

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Message-ID: <aNFfmBLEoDSBSLJe@kspp>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:39:20 +0200
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] tls: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning

-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
getting ready to enable it, globally.

Use the new TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper to fix the following warning:

net/tls/tls.h:131:29: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]

This helper creates a union between a flexible-array member (FAM)
and a set of members that would otherwise follow it. This overlays
the trailing members onto the FAM while preserving the original
memory layout.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
 net/tls/tls.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls.h b/net/tls/tls.h
index 4e077068e6d9..d06435d186c0 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls.h
+++ b/net/tls/tls.h
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ struct tls_rec {
 
 	char aad_space[TLS_AAD_SPACE_SIZE];
 	u8 iv_data[TLS_MAX_IV_SIZE];
-	struct aead_request aead_req;
-	u8 aead_req_ctx[];
+	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct aead_request, aead_req, __ctx,
+		u8 aead_req_ctx[];
+	);
 };
 
 int __net_init tls_proc_init(struct net *net);
-- 
2.43.0