linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] RDMA/erdma: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members

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Date:   Sun, 15 Jan 2023 13:36:24 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Cheng Xu <chengyou@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Kai Shen <kaishen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] RDMA/erdma: Replace zero-length arrays with
 flexible-array members


On Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:40:22 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1] and we are moving towards
> adopting C99 flexible-array members instead. So, replace zero-length
> arrays, in a couple of structures, with flex-array members.
> 
> This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
> routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
> enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [2].
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] RDMA/erdma: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/ed73a505480d54

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>