Re: [PATCH][next] wifi: ath12k: core.h: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

[Jeff Johnson]

On 4/7/2025 11:39 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:02:15PM +1030, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
>> getting ready to enable it, globally.
>>
>> Move the conflicting declaration to the end of the structure. Notice
>> that `struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf` is a flexible structure --a
>> structure that contains a flexible-array member.
>>
>> Fix 30 of the following warnings:
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h:298:39: 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>
> 
> Hi, just checking in on this patch. Is some adjustment needed for this
> to land?
> 
> Thanks!

There is an alternate solution which should land in the next iteration of
linux-next (I just enabled the post-merge-window flow from ath-next)

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250321-ath12k-dont-put-chanctx-in-arvif-v1-1-c8e93061952b@xxxxxxxxxxx/

/jeff