-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are getting ready to enable it, globally. Modify FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH() macro, which defines a struct containing a flexible-array member in the middle (struct fanotify_fh::buf), to use struct_size_t() to pre-allocate space for both struct fanotify_fh and its flexible-array member. Replace the struct with a union and relocate the flexible structure (struct fanotify_fh) to the end. See the memory layout of struct fanotify_fid_event before and after changes below. pahole -C fanotify_fid_event fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.o BEFORE: struct fanotify_fid_event { struct fanotify_event fae; /* 0 48 */ __kernel_fsid_t fsid; /* 48 8 */ struct { struct fanotify_fh object_fh; /* 56 4 */ unsigned char _inline_fh_buf[12]; /* 60 12 */ }; /* 56 16 */ /* size: 72, cachelines: 2, members: 3 */ /* last cacheline: 8 bytes */ }; AFTER: struct fanotify_fid_event { struct fanotify_event fae; /* 0 48 */ __kernel_fsid_t fsid; /* 48 8 */ union { unsigned char _inline_fh_buf[16]; /* 56 16 */ struct fanotify_fh object_fh __attribute__((__aligned__(1))); /* 56 4 */ } __attribute__((__aligned__(1))); /* 56 16 */ /* size: 72, cachelines: 2, members: 3 */ /* forced alignments: 1 */ /* last cacheline: 8 bytes */ } __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); So, with these changes, fix the following warnings: fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h:317:28: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end] fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h:289:28: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end] Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h index b44e70e44be6..91c26b1c1d32 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h @@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ static inline void fanotify_init_event(struct fanotify_event *event, event->pid = NULL; } -#define FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH(name, size) \ -struct { \ - struct fanotify_fh name; \ - /* Space for object_fh.buf[] - access with fanotify_fh_buf() */ \ - unsigned char _inline_fh_buf[size]; \ -} +#define FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH(name, size) \ +union { \ + /* Space for object_fh and object_fh.buf[] - access with fanotify_fh_buf() */ \ + unsigned char _inline_fh_buf[struct_size_t(struct fanotify_fh, buf, size)]; \ + struct fanotify_fh name; \ +} __packed struct fanotify_fid_event { struct fanotify_event fae; -- 2.43.0