Re: [PATCH v2] selftest: net: fix variable sized type issue not at the end of a struct
From: Jason Xing <hidden>
Date: 2025-10-27 07:34:21
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM Ankit Khushwaha [off-list ref] wrote:
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Some network selftests defined variable-sized types variable at the middle of struct causing -Wgnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end warning. warning: timestamping.c:285:18: warning: field 'cm' with variable sized type 'struct cmsghdr' not at the end of a struct or class is a GNU extension [-Wgnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end] 285 | struct cmsghdr cm; | ^ ipsec.c:835:5: warning: field 'u' with variable sized type 'union (unnamed union at ipsec.c:831:3)' not at the end of a struct or class is a GNU extension [-Wgnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end] 835 | } u; | ^ This patch move these field at the end of struct to fix these warnings. Signed-off-by: Ankit Khushwaha <redacted> --- Changelog: v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20251027050856.30270-1-ankitkhushwaha.linux@gmail.com/ (local) - fixed typos in the commit msg. --- tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c index 0ccf484b1d9d..36083c8f884f 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c@@ -828,12 +828,12 @@ static int xfrm_state_pack_algo(struct nlmsghdr *nh, size_t req_sz, struct xfrm_desc *desc) { struct { + char buf[XFRM_ALGO_KEY_BUF_SIZE]; union { struct xfrm_algo alg; struct xfrm_algo_aead aead; struct xfrm_algo_auth auth; } u; - char buf[XFRM_ALGO_KEY_BUF_SIZE]; } alg = {}; size_t alen, elen, clen, aelen; unsigned short type;diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping.c index 044bc0e9ed81..ad2be2143698 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping.c@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ static void recvpacket(int sock, int recvmsg_flags, struct iovec entry; struct sockaddr_in from_addr; struct { - struct cmsghdr cm; char control[512]; + struct cmsghdr cm; } control; int res;
For the timestamping part: Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <redacted> Thanks, Jason