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    nvmet-fc: Remove __counted_by from nvmet_fc_tgt_queue.fod[] · 440e2051
    Nathan Chancellor authored
    Work for __counted_by on generic pointers in structures (not just
    flexible array members) has started landing in Clang 19 (current tip of
    tree). During the development of this feature, a restriction was added
    to __counted_by to prevent the flexible array member's element type from
    including a flexible array member itself such as:
    
      struct foo {
        int count;
        char buf[];
      };
    
      struct bar {
        int count;
        struct foo data[] __counted_by(count);
      };
    
    because the size of data cannot be calculated with the standard array
    size formula:
    
      sizeof(struct foo) * count
    
    This restriction was downgraded to a warning but due to CONFIG_WERROR,
    it can still break the build. The application of __counted_by on the fod
    member of 'struct nvmet_fc_tgt_queue' triggers this restriction,
    resulting in:
    
      drivers/nvme/target/fc.c:151:2: error: 'counted_by' should not be applied to an array with element of unknown size because 'struct nvmet_fc_fcp_iod' is a struct type with a flexible array member. This will be an error in a future compiler version [-Werror,-Wbounds-safety-counted-by-elt-type-unknown-size]
        151 |         struct nvmet_fc_fcp_iod         fod[] __counted_by(sqsize);
            |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      1 error generated.
    
    Remove this use of __counted_by to fix the warning/error. However,
    rather than remove it altogether, leave it commented, as it may be
    possible to support this in future compiler releases.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2027
    Fixes: ccd3129a ("nvmet-fc: Annotate struct nvmet_fc_tgt_queue with __counted_by")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKeith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
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