linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v5][next] integrity: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 18:56:15 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>,
 Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
 Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
 James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5][next] integrity: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
 warnings

> "checkpatch.pl --strict" complains "CHECK: Alignment should match open
> parenthesis".  I'll queue the patch, but how about teaching checkpatch.pl to
> ignore __struct_group()?

I think this would do it:

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61bc83..e229b97f17f6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3958,7 +3958,7 @@ sub process {
                         my $rest = $2;

                         my $pos = pos_last_openparen($rest);
-                       if ($pos >= 0) {
+                       if ($pos >= 0 && $rest !~ /(__)?struct_group(_(tagged|attr))?(\()/) {
                                 $line =~ /^(\+| )([ \t]*)/;
                                 my $newindent = $2;

I'll send a proper patch. Thanks for the suggestion, Mimi.

--
Gustavo