[PATCH][next] media: xilinx: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning

Gustavo A. R. Silva gustavoars at kernel.org
Wed Apr 29 12:55:27 PDT 2026


-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
getting ready to enable it, globally.

Use the TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper to fix the following warning:

drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h:99:41: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]

This helper creates a union between a flexible-array member (FAM)
and a set of members that would otherwise follow it. This overlays
the trailing members onto the FAM while preserving the original
memory layout.

Lastly, the static_assert() ensures the alignment between the FAM
and struct data_chunk sgl; is not inadvertently changed, and it's
intentionally placed inmediately after the related structure (that
is, no blank line in between).

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h
index 18f77e1a7b39..65f6147ff6c6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.h
@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@ struct xvip_dma {
 
 	struct dma_chan *dma;
 	unsigned int align;
-	struct dma_interleaved_template xt;
-	struct data_chunk sgl;
+
+	/* Must be last as it ends in a flexible-array member. */
+	TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct dma_interleaved_template, xt, sgl,
+		struct data_chunk sgl;
+	);
 };
+static_assert(offsetof(struct xvip_dma, xt.sgl) ==
+	      offsetof(struct xvip_dma, sgl));
 
 #define to_xvip_dma(vdev)	container_of(vdev, struct xvip_dma, video)
 
-- 
2.51.0




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