linux-hardening - RE: [PATCH][next] tw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

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Message-ID: <36638534535441fb8faf587305acfa78@realtek.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:25:47 +0000
From:   Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
CC:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH][next] tw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 4:36 AM
> To: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> Cc: Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] tw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
> 
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:50:47PM -0600, 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].
> >
> > [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@...nel.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>

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Ping-Ke