Re: [PATCH 4/4] wifi: ath11k: Use DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() for ath11k_htc_record

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Dec 05 2023 - 10:29:16 EST


Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 11/27/2023 8:23 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 11/27/23 10:14, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>> Transform the zero-length array in ath11k_htc_record into a proper
>>> flexible array via the DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() macro. This helps with
>>> ongoing efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.h | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.h
>>> index 84971cc9251c..e0434b29df70 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/htc.h
>>> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct ath11k_htc_credit_report {
>>> struct ath11k_htc_record {
>>> struct ath11k_htc_record_hdr hdr;
>>> union {
>>> - struct ath11k_htc_credit_report credit_report[0];
>>> + DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct ath11k_htc_credit_report, credit_report);
>>> };
>>
>> Why not removing the `union` and just do a direct transformation [0] -> [ ] ?
>
> No reason other than staying consistent with ath10k.
> Will see if Kalle has an opinion on this.

Yeah, I don't see the need for the union and I removed it in the pending
branch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=a2faeea1fe0635563187e7821a6d0baf7b40f2c6

Does it look ok?

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