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Date:   Tue,  6 Apr 2021 00:53:21 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Suganath Prabu Subramani <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] SCSI: fusion: mpi_ioc.h: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:00:36 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva 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].
> 
> Also, this helps with the ongoing efforts to enable -Warray-bounds by
> fixing the following warning:
> 
> [...]

Applied to 5.13/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] SCSI: fusion: mpi_ioc.h: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/ed46ccc7fe76

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering