[vlc-commits] libvlc: media: remove flexible array member

Thomas Guillem git at videolan.org
Tue May 24 11:40:39 CEST 2016


vlc | branch: master | Thomas Guillem <git at videolan.org> | Fri May 20 10:33:23 2016 +0200| [45bc33349134f308a1a9a5cc01995adc113ea96f] | committer: Thomas Guillem

libvlc: media: remove flexible array member

Because ISO C++ has no notation of flexible arrays and this a public header.

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=45bc33349134f308a1a9a5cc01995adc113ea96f
---

 include/vlc/libvlc_media.h |    2 +-
 lib/media.c                |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/vlc/libvlc_media.h b/include/vlc/libvlc_media.h
index 173c78a..bd8a9c4 100644
--- a/include/vlc/libvlc_media.h
+++ b/include/vlc/libvlc_media.h
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ typedef enum
  */
 typedef struct
 {
+    char *                          psz_uri;
     libvlc_media_slave_type_t       i_type;
     unsigned int                    i_priority;
-    char                            psz_uri[];
 } libvlc_media_slave_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/media.c b/lib/media.c
index c11f8f9..7d47a9e 100644
--- a/lib/media.c
+++ b/lib/media.c
@@ -1164,15 +1164,16 @@ unsigned int libvlc_media_slaves_get( libvlc_media_t *p_md,
         input_item_slave_t *p_item_slave = p_input_item->pp_slaves[i];
         assert( p_item_slave->i_priority >= SLAVE_PRIORITY_MATCH_NONE );
 
+        /* also allocate psz_uri buffer at the end of the struct */
         libvlc_media_slave_t *p_slave = malloc( sizeof(*p_slave) +
                                                 strlen( p_item_slave->psz_uri )
                                                 + 1 );
-
         if( p_slave == NULL )
         {
             libvlc_media_slaves_release(pp_slaves, i);
             return vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_input_item->lock ), 0;
         }
+        p_slave->psz_uri = (char *) ((uint8_t *)p_slave) + sizeof(*p_slave);
         strcpy( p_slave->psz_uri, p_item_slave->psz_uri );
 
         switch( p_item_slave->i_type )



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