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md/raid1: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

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The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:

struct foo {
        int stuff;
        struct boo array[];
};

By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.

Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:

"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]

sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.

This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
[3] commit 7649773293 ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
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Gustavo A. R. Silva 2020-05-07 14:22:10 -05:00 committed by Song Liu
parent 3f99980c8f
commit 358369f03a
3 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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drivers/md/md-linear.h
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@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ struct linear_conf
struct rcu_head rcu;
sector_t array_sectors;
int raid_disks; /* a copy of mddev->raid_disks */
struct dev_info disks[0];
struct dev_info disks[];
};
#endif

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drivers/md/raid1.h
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@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct r1bio {
* if the IO is in WRITE direction, then multiple bios are used.
* We choose the number when they are allocated.
*/
struct bio *bios[0];
struct bio *bios[];
/* DO NOT PUT ANY NEW FIELDS HERE - bios array is contiguously alloced*/
};

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drivers/md/raid10.h
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@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ struct r10bio {
};
sector_t addr;
int devnum;
} devs[0];
} devs[];
};
/* bits for r10bio.state */