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Message-ID: <202209232227.7D348DF@keescook>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:28:19 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Adam Radford <aradford@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: 3w-xxxx: Replace one-element array with
 flexible-array member

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 02:08:44PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with flexible
> array members instead. So, replace one-element array with flexible-array
> member in struct TAG_TW_New_Ioctl and refactor the rest of the code,
> accordingly.
> 
> Notice that, in multiple places, the subtraction of 1 from
> sizeof(TW_New_Ioctl) is removed, as this operation is now implicit
> after the flex-array transformation.

Doing a build before/after this patch results in no binary output
differences. Another 1-element array converted! :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook

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