Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 7 authors, 2026-03-24

Re: [PATCH] KVM: Remove subtle "struct kvm_stats_desc" pseudo-overlay

From: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Date: 2025-12-07 05:14:24
Also in: kvm, kvm-riscv, kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mips, linux-riscv, lkml, loongarch

On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM Sean Christopherson [off-list ref] wrote:
Remove KVM's internal pseudo-overlay of kvm_stats_desc, which subtly
aliases the flexible name[] in the uAPI definition with a fixed-size array
of the same name.  The unusual embedded structure results in compiler
warnings due to -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end, and also necessitates an
extra level of dereferencing in KVM.  To avoid the "overlay", define the
uAPI structure to have a fixed-size name when building for the kernel.

Opportunistically clean up the indentation for the stats macros, and
replace spaces with tabs.

No functional change intended.

Reported-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aPfNKRpLfhmhYqfP@kspp (local)
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
For KVM RISC-V:
Acked-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>

Thanks,
Anup
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