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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:16:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: use ISO C standard for array in linux/xfrm.h

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0200

> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 05:42:33PM +0200, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com wrote:
>> From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>> 
>> Use the ISO C standard compliant form instead of the gcc extension.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h | 10 +++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
>> index 28e493b..6a6a605 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
>> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct xfrm_sec_ctx {
>>  	__u8	ctx_alg;
>>  	__u16	ctx_len;
>>  	__u32	ctx_sid;
>> -	char	ctx_str[0];
>> +	char	ctx_str[];
> 
> Hm, what's the benefit of such a change? The kernel source is full
> of these foo[0] type arrays. I don't see a reason to change this
> just for xfrm.

Agreed.
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