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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:47:15 +0100 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org> To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> Cc: Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, "open list:ACPI COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (ACPICA)" <devel@...ica.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ACPICA: iASL: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:36 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 02:32:40PM -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> I've created an upstream ACPICA pull request for this change, thanks!
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