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Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:24:18 -0700
From:   Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>,
        Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@...vell.com>,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>,
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        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
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        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] treewide: Replace 0-element memcpy()
 destinations with flexible arrays

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:

> In some cases, use of the flex_array() helper is needed when a flexible
> array is part of a union.

The code below seems to show that the helper is also needed when the
flexible array is the only member of a struct? Or is this just an
extension of the 'part of a union' clause?

> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct bmi_cmd {
>  
>  union bmi_resp {
>  	struct {
> -		u8 payload[0];
> +		DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(u8, payload);
>  	} read_mem;
>  	struct {
>  		__le32 result;

-- 
-keith

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