[PATCH] KVM: Remove subtle "struct kvm_stats_desc" pseudo-overlay
Gustavo A. R. Silva
gustavo at embeddedor.com
Fri Dec 5 19:38:14 PST 2025
On 12/6/25 08:26, Sean Christopherson 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.
Nice. Thanks for this.
>
> 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 at kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aPfNKRpLfhmhYqfP@kspp
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars at kernel.org>
-Gustavo
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