linux/include
Gustavo A. R. Silva 4260c4067f f2fs: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having
a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code
should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older
style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2].

Refactor the code according to the use of a flexible-array member in
struct f2fs_checkpoint, instead of a one-element arrays.

Notice that a temporary pointer to void '*tmp_ptr' was used in order to
fix the following errors when using a flexible array instead of a one
element array in struct f2fs_checkpoint:

  CC [M]  fs/f2fs/dir.o
In file included from fs/f2fs/dir.c:13:
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h: In function ‘__bitmap_ptr’:
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2227:40: error: invalid use of flexible array member
 2227 |   return &ckpt->sit_nat_version_bitmap + offset + sizeof(__le32);
      |                                        ^
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2227:49: error: invalid use of flexible array member
 2227 |   return &ckpt->sit_nat_version_bitmap + offset + sizeof(__le32);
      |                                                 ^
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2238:40: error: invalid use of flexible array member
 2238 |   return &ckpt->sit_nat_version_bitmap + offset;
      |                                        ^
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: fs/f2fs/dir.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:530: fs/f2fs] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:1819: fs] Error 2

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
Build-tested-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/603647e4.DeEFbl4eqljuwAUe%25lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
2021-03-12 13:16:42 -08:00
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