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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
index 8c041d7ce4f1..87dccaecc3e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
@@ -139,7 +139,15 @@ int hgsmi_update_pointer_shape(struct gen_pool *ctx, u32 flags,
flags |= VBOX_MOUSE_POINTER_VISIBLE;
}
- p = hgsmi_buffer_alloc(ctx, sizeof(*p) + pixel_len, HGSMI_CH_VBVA,
+ /*
+ * The 4 extra bytes come from switching struct vbva_mouse_pointer_shape
+ * from having a 4 bytes fixed array at the end to using a proper VLA
+ * at the end. These 4 extra bytes were not subtracted from sizeof(*p)
+ * before the switch to the VLA, so this way the behavior is unchanged.
+ * Chances are these 4 extra bytes are not necessary but they are kept
+ * to avoid regressions.
+ */
+ p = hgsmi_buffer_alloc(ctx, sizeof(*p) + pixel_len + 4, HGSMI_CH_VBVA,
VBVA_MOUSE_POINTER_SHAPE);
if (!p)
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
index f60d82504da0..79ec8481de0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
@@ -351,10 +351,8 @@ struct vbva_mouse_pointer_shape {
* Bytes in the gap between the AND and the XOR mask are undefined.
* XOR mask scanlines have no gap between them and size of XOR mask is:
* xor_len = width * 4 * height.
- *
- * Preallocate 4 bytes for accessing actual data as p->data.
*/
- u8 data[4];
+ u8 data[];
} __packed;
/* pointer is visible */