Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: Silence bounds checking compiler warning | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:27:26 -0700 |
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Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@gmail.com> writes:
> gcc with -Warray-bounds generates a false positive on this > since xfs defines the struct with u8 name[1]; to be able to > add a tag at the end.
A better way would be to define it as name[0]. Then the compiler would know it's a VLA. You may need to check noone relies on the one byte though.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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