Re: [PATCH][next] block: scsi_ioctl: Avoid the use of one-element arrays

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Oct 02 2020 - 19:53:10 EST


On 10/2/20 5:10 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cdrom.h b/include/uapi/linux/cdrom.h
> index 2817230148fd..6c34f6e2f1f7 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/cdrom.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/cdrom.h
> @@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ struct cdrom_generic_command
> unsigned char data_direction;
> int quiet;
> int timeout;
> - void __user *reserved[1]; /* unused, actually */
> + union {
> + void __user *reserved[1]; /* unused, actually */
> + void __user *unused;
> + };

What's the point of this union, why not just turn it into

void * __user *unused;

?

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Jens Axboe