Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members
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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Date: 2022-02-21 10:57:12
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"Gustavo A. R. Silva" [off-list ref] 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@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <redacted>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. e9e591686ccb ath11k: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220216194836.GA904035@embeddedor/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches