Re: [PATCH] can: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

[Oliver Hartkopp]

Hi Gustavo,

On 04.06.20 02:58, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:

> Sorry for the late reply. I totally lost track of this thread. :/

NP. At least your workflow seems to work :o)

> pahole shows exactly the same output either if cf is a zero-length array or
> a flexible-array member:
>
> $ pahole -C 'can_skb_priv' drivers/net/can/dev.o
>
> struct can_skb_priv {
> 	int                        ifindex;              /*     0     4 */
> 	int                        skbcnt;               /*     4     4 */
> 	struct can_frame           cf[] __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /*     8     0 */
>
> 	/* size: 8, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */
> 	/* forced alignments: 1 */
> 	/* last cacheline: 8 bytes */
> } __attribute__((__aligned__(8)));
>
> So, it seems everything should fine. :)

Great! Thanks for the info - and how I could have checked it on my own, too.

Best,
Oliver