Re: [PATCH][next] wil6210: Avoid the use of one-element array

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Wed Jul 22 2020 - 14:22:50 EST


Hi all,

Friendly ping: who can take this? :)

Thanks
--
Gustavo

On 7/15/20 16:57, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> One-element arrays are being deprecated[1]. Replace the one-element
> array with a simple value type 'u8 reserved'[2], once this is just
> a placeholder for alignment.
>
> [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/86
>
> Tested-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/GustavoARSilva/linux-hardening/blob/master/cii/0-day/wil6210-20200715.md
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h
> index 9affa4525609..beb53cac329b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h
> @@ -3086,7 +3086,7 @@ struct wmi_scheduling_scheme_event {
> /* wmi_sched_scheme_failure_type */
> u8 failure_type;
> /* alignment to 32b */
> - u8 reserved[1];
> + u8 reserved;
> } __packed;
>
> /* WMI_RS_CFG_CMDID - deprecated */
>