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

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Message-ID: <aRHFchrO3BmVMH5c@kspp>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:58:58 +0900
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To: Coly Li <colyli@...as.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] bcache: 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:

drivers/md/bcache/bset.h:330:27: 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 MEMBER struct btree_iter_set stack_data[MAX_BSETS];
onto the FAM struct btree_iter::data[], while keeping the FAM and the start
of MEMBER aligned.

The static_assert() ensures this alignment remains, and it's
intentionally placed inmediately after the corresponding structures --no
blank line in between.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/bset.h | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bset.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bset.h
index 011f6062c4c0..6ee2c6a506a2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bset.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bset.h
@@ -327,9 +327,13 @@ struct btree_iter {
 /* Fixed-size btree_iter that can be allocated on the stack */
 
 struct btree_iter_stack {
-	struct btree_iter iter;
-	struct btree_iter_set stack_data[MAX_BSETS];
+	/* Must be last as it ends in a flexible-array member. */
+	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct btree_iter, iter, data,
+		struct btree_iter_set stack_data[MAX_BSETS];
+	);
 };
+static_assert(offsetof(struct btree_iter_stack, iter.data) ==
+	      offsetof(struct btree_iter_stack, stack_data));
 
 typedef bool (*ptr_filter_fn)(struct btree_keys *b, const struct bkey *k);
 
-- 
2.43.0