Re: [PATCH v3 04/18] media: dvb-frontend/mxl5xx: Use flex array for MBIN_SEGMENT_T

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Thu May 30 2024 - 08:36:12 EST


On 27/05/2024 23:08, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> Replace the older style one-element array with a flexible array member.
> There does not seem to be any allocation for this struct in the code, so
> no more code changes are required.
>
> The following cocci warning is fixed:
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h:182:4-8: WARNING use flexible-array member instead (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays)
>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h
> index 3c5d75ed8fea..512ec979f96f 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mxl5xx_defs.h
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ struct MBIN_SEGMENT_HEADER_T {
>
> struct MBIN_SEGMENT_T {
> struct MBIN_SEGMENT_HEADER_T header;
> - u8 data[1];
> + u8 data[];
> };
>
> enum MXL_CMD_TYPE_E { MXL_CMD_WRITE = 0, MXL_CMD_READ };
>

While this patch looks good to me, I'll skip it until my comment for the
previous patch is addressed. Actually, I think the two patches should be
combined, but I leave that up to you.

Regards,

Hans