On 02.08.2023 10:57, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
> The empty feature set 'str_7c1' in 'tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c' causes the
> struct declaration to have no named members, hence violating
> Rule 1.3:
> "There shall be no occurrence of undefined or critical unspecified behaviour"
> because it is forbidden by ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E), Section 6.7.2.1.7:
> "If the struct-declaration-list contains no named
> members, the behavior is undefined."
> 
> Given that Xen is using an undocumented GCC extension that specifies the
> behaviour upon defining a struct with no named member, this construct is
> well-defined and thus it is marked as safe.

Especially after realizing that I was wrong here (I was under the wrong
impression that we'd generate a struct without members, when it's one
without named members, yet [to me at least] only the former is a known
gcc extension we use), I've sent an alternative proposal. Let's see
whether in particular Andrew considers this acceptable.

Jan

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