Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 06:56:45 EST
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare
> having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure.
> Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these
> cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should
> no longer be used[2].
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
c5f675748cf0 iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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