linux/fs/nfs_common
Gustavo A. R. Silva dfd500d895 fs: nfs: acl: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
getting ready to enable it, globally.

So, in order to avoid ending up with a flexible-array member in the
middle of other structs, we use the `struct_group_tagged()` helper
to create a new tagged `struct posix_acl_hdr`. This structure
groups together all the members of the flexible `struct posix_acl`
except the flexible array.

As a result, the array is effectively separated from the rest of the
members without modifying the memory layout of the flexible structure.
We then change the type of the middle struct member currently causing
trouble from `struct posix_acl` to `struct posix_acl_hdr`.

We also want to ensure that when new members need to be added to the
flexible structure, they are always included within the newly created
tagged struct. For this, we use `static_assert()`. This ensures that the
memory layout for both the flexible structure and the new tagged struct
is the same after any changes.

This approach avoids having to implement `struct posix_acl_hdr` as a
completely separate structure, thus preventing having to maintain two
independent but basically identical structures, closing the door to
potential bugs in the future.

We also use `container_of()` whenever we need to retrieve a pointer to
the flexible structure, through which we can access the flexible-array
member, if necessary.

So, with these changes, fix the following warning:

fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c:45:26: 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@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2025-03-10 09:11:04 -04:00
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