Re: [PATCH][next] usb: gadget: uvc: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 15:22:56 EST


On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 11:22:51AM +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 uvc_input_header_descriptor` is a flexible structure --a
> structure that contains a flexible-array member.
>
> With this, fix three of the following warnings:
>
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h:77:57: 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>
> ---
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h
> index 2f78cd4f396f..9391614135e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.h
> @@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ static inline struct uvcg_format *to_uvcg_format(struct config_item *item)
>
> struct uvcg_streaming_header {
> struct config_item item;
> - struct uvc_input_header_descriptor desc;
> unsigned linked;
> struct list_head formats;
> unsigned num_fmt;
> +
> + /* Must be last --ends in a flexible-array member. */
> + struct uvc_input_header_descriptor desc;
> };
>
> static inline struct uvcg_streaming_header *to_uvcg_streaming_header(struct config_item *item)

This looks correct to me, and may be fixing some bugs -- I can see the
allocation routine for this is already expecting the bmaControls (in
desc) to be trailing:

/* bmaControls */
*size += h->num_fmt * UVCG_STREAMING_CONTROL_SIZE;

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook