linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2][next] scsi: megaraid_sas: Avoid a couple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

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Message-ID: <yq1ldldb1f7.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:55:18 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R.
 Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Kashyap Desai
 <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>,
        Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...adcom.com>,
        Shivasharan S <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com>,
        Chandrakanth
 patil <chandrakanth.patil@...adcom.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][next] scsi: megaraid_sas: Avoid a couple
 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings


Gustavo,

>> I'll leave it up to Martin, but I think going forwards it would be
>> helpful if you could indicate that you've checked that the binary
>> layout before and after is unchanged and thus the risk of merging the
>> patch is low.
>
> Absolutely. I'll do that.

For patches like these it really helps. I only have the ability to
validate changes against a very small subset of the SCSI drivers we
support in the kernel.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen