Linux Virtualization - Feb 2018 - [vhost:vhost 24/24] drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c:499:22: error: storage size of 'files' isn't known

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:46:50AM +0100, Marc-Andre Lureau
wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:27 PM, kbuild test robot
> <fengguang.wu at intel.com> wrote:
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git
vhost
> > head:   5d457fe6aeaab9d0a1665eafc8af7139bc6b6f2e
> > commit: 5d457fe6aeaab9d0a1665eafc8af7139bc6b6f2e [24/24] fw_cfg: fix
sparse warnings around FW_CFG_FILE_DIR read
> > config: i386-randconfig-x015-201806 (attached as .config)
> > compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-1) 7.3.0
> > reproduce:
> >         git checkout 5d457fe6aeaab9d0a1665eafc8af7139bc6b6f2e
> >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> >         make ARCH=i386
> >
> > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> >    drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c: In function
'fw_cfg_register_dir_entries':
> >>> drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c:499:22: error: storage size of
'files' isn't known
> >      struct fw_cfg_files files;
> >                          ^~~~~
> 
> struct fw_cfg_files {
>         __be32 count; /* number of entries */
>         struct fw_cfg_file f[];
> };
> 
> Interesting, I don't have that warning with 7.3.1.
> 
> I thought the size would be sizeof(count) by standard.
> 
> I replaced it with a __be32 files_count variable instead.
> 
> >    drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c:499:22: warning: unused variable
'files' [-Wunused-variable]
> >
> 
> files.count is used 3 lines below, that looks like a compiler bug to me.

No - i tried dropping one patch out of series, this did not work out.
So whole series is out for now.
> > vim +499 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> >
> >    493
> >    494  /* iterate over all fw_cfg directory entries, registering each
one */
> >    495  static int fw_cfg_register_dir_entries(void)
> >    496  {
> >    497          int ret = 0;
> >    498          u32 count, i;
> >  > 499          struct fw_cfg_files files;
> >    500          struct fw_cfg_file *dir;
> >    501          size_t dir_size;
> >    502
> >    503          fw_cfg_read_blob(FW_CFG_FILE_DIR, &files.count, 0,
sizeof(files.count));
> >    504          count = be32_to_cpu(files.count);
> >    505          dir_size = count * sizeof(struct fw_cfg_file);
> >    506
> >    507          dir = kmalloc(dir_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> >    508          if (!dir)
> >    509                  return -ENOMEM;
> >    510
> >    511          fw_cfg_read_blob(FW_CFG_FILE_DIR, dir,
sizeof(files.count), dir_size);
> >    512
> >    513          for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> >    514                  ret = fw_cfg_register_file(&dir[i]);
> >    515                  if (ret)
> >    516                          break;
> >    517          }
> >    518
> >    519          kfree(dir);
> >    520          return ret;
> >    521  }
> >    522
> >
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