FILE 结构中未使用的变量

mal*_*loc 4 c io struct file stream

我在看struct _IO_FILE

struct _IO_FILE
{
  int _flags;       /* High-order word is _IO_MAGIC; rest is flags. */

  /* The following pointers correspond to the C++ streambuf protocol. */
  char *_IO_read_ptr;   /* Current read pointer */
  char *_IO_read_end;   /* End of get area. */
  char *_IO_read_base;  /* Start of putback+get area. */
  char *_IO_write_base; /* Start of put area. */
  char *_IO_write_ptr;  /* Current put pointer. */
  char *_IO_write_end;  /* End of put area. */
  char *_IO_buf_base;   /* Start of reserve area. */
  char *_IO_buf_end;    /* End of reserve area. */

  ...

  void *_freeres_buf;
  size_t __pad5;
  int _mode;
  /* Make sure we don't get into trouble again.  */
  char _unused2[15 * sizeof (int) - 4 * sizeof (void *) - sizeof (size_t)];
};
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我注意到这个变量 char _unused2[15 * sizeof (int) - 4 * sizeof (void *) - sizeof (size_t)];

这个变量的意义是什么?还有那句“确保我们不会再惹上麻烦”的评论呢?

dbu*_*ush 6

这是一个旧的。1997 年 10 月 13 日,一位 RedHat 开发人员在提交 1ea89a402d892b68b193e2e4390d8eb33ed686e7 时首次添加了该字段。它最初位于文件 libio/libioP.h 中。当时添加了以下代码:

/* We had to extend _IO_FILE but this isn't easily possible without
   compatibility problems.  So we mimic the C++ way to do this which
   especially takes care that the position of the vtable stays the
   same.  */
struct _IO_FILE_complete
{
  struct _IO_FILE_plus plus;
  _IO_off64_t _offset;
  int _unused2[16]; /* Make sure we don't get into trouble again.  */
};
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所以看起来这个字段最初是为了处理有关 vtable 的 C++ 兼容性而添加的。

随着时间的推移,这个字段的大小和类型被修改,因为更多的字段被添加到这个结构中以保持相同的偏移量。该结构体的当前版本包含一个附加int字段、一个附加size_t字段和四个附加指针字段,这说明了原始版本和当前版本之间的大小差异。