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[XEN PATCH] x86/cpu-policy: justify a violation of MISRA C:2012 Rule 1.3



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."

It has been assessed that the feature set declaration is intentionally empty,
and that no risk of undesired behaviour stems from it, hence the struct
declaration is marked safe.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
As agreed during the MISRA C group meetings, this violation is dealt
with by means of a comment deviation, as future changes may eliminate the
root cause, which is the empty feature set.
My justification for the claim and the commit message may need some adjusting.
---
 docs/misra/safe.json                 | 9 +++++++++
 xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/misra/safe.json b/docs/misra/safe.json
index e3c8a1d8eb..9239460e63 100644
--- a/docs/misra/safe.json
+++ b/docs/misra/safe.json
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
         },
         {
             "id": "SAF-1-safe",
+            "analyser": {
+                "eclair": "MC3R1.R1.3",
+                "text": "The following declaration of a struct with no named 
members results is deliberate and it has been assessed that no unintended 
behaviour arises from it."
+            },
+            "name": "Sentinel",
+            "text": "Next ID to be used"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "SAF-2-safe",
             "analyser": {},
             "name": "Sentinel",
             "text": "Next ID to be used"
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h 
b/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h
index bab3eecda6..6b52f080c9 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpu-policy.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct cpu_policy
             };
             union {
                 uint32_t _7c1;
+                /* SAF-1-safe */
                 struct { DECL_BITFIELD(7c1); };
             };
             union {
-- 
2.34.1




 


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