[PATCH v2][next] iio: cros_ec: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 06:03:29 EST


-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
getting ready to enable it, globally.

Use the `DEFINE_RAW_FLEX()` helper for an on-stack definition of
a flexible structure where the size of the flexible-array member
is known at compile-time, and refactor the rest of the code,
accordingly.

So, with these changes, fix the following warning:

drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c:39:40: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use MAX() to calculate the number of bytes for the flex array. (Kees)

v1:
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/Z9dy43vUUh4goi-Q@kspp/

.../cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c | 28 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
index 7751d6f69b12..40d5b10c74e0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
@@ -34,25 +34,19 @@
static int cros_ec_get_host_cmd_version_mask(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
u16 cmd_offset, u16 cmd, u32 *mask)
{
+ DEFINE_RAW_FLEX(struct cros_ec_command, buf, data,
+ MAX(sizeof(struct ec_response_get_cmd_versions),
+ sizeof(struct ec_params_get_cmd_versions)));
int ret;
- struct {
- struct cros_ec_command msg;
- union {
- struct ec_params_get_cmd_versions params;
- struct ec_response_get_cmd_versions resp;
- };
- } __packed buf = {
- .msg = {
- .command = EC_CMD_GET_CMD_VERSIONS + cmd_offset,
- .insize = sizeof(struct ec_response_get_cmd_versions),
- .outsize = sizeof(struct ec_params_get_cmd_versions)
- },
- .params = {.cmd = cmd}
- };
-
- ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(ec_dev, &buf.msg);
+
+ buf->command = EC_CMD_GET_CMD_VERSIONS + cmd_offset;
+ buf->insize = sizeof(struct ec_response_get_cmd_versions);
+ buf->outsize = sizeof(struct ec_params_get_cmd_versions);
+ ((struct ec_params_get_cmd_versions *)buf->data)->cmd = cmd;
+
+ ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(ec_dev, buf);
if (ret >= 0)
- *mask = buf.resp.version_mask;
+ *mask = ((struct ec_response_get_cmd_versions *)buf->data)->version_mask;
return ret;
}

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2.43.0