Re: [PATCH 13/15] scsi: sas: avoid gcc-10 zero-length-bounds warning

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 9:48 AM John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30/04/2020 22:30, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > This should really be a flexible-array member, but the structure
> > already has such a member, swapping it out with sense_data[] would
> > cause many more warnings elsewhere.
> >
>
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> If we really prefer flexible-array members over zero-length array
> members, then could we have a union of flexible-array members? I'm not
> sure if that's a good idea TBH (or even permitted), as these structures
> are defined by the SAS spec and good practice to keep as consistent as
> possible, but just wondering.

gcc does not allow flexible-array members inside of a union, or more than
one flexible-array member at the end of a structure.

I found one hack that would work, but I think it's too ugly and likely not
well-defined either:

struct ssp_response_iu {
...
        struct {
                u8      dummy[0]; /* a struct must have at least one
non-flexible member */
                u8      resp_data[]; /* allowed here because it's at
the one of a struct */
        };
        u8     sense_data[];
} __attribute__ ((packed));

> Apart from that:
>
> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

     Arnd