linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wil6210: avoid gcc-10 zero-length-bounds warning

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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 12:33:52 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Dedy Lansky <dlansky@...eaurora.org>,
        Ahmad Masri <amasri@...eaurora.org>,
        Alexei Avshalom Lazar <ailizaro@...eaurora.org>,
        Tzahi Sabo <stzahi@...eaurora.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Lior David <liord@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, wil6210@....qualcomm.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wil6210: avoid gcc-10 zero-length-bounds warning

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> gcc-10 warns about accesses inside of a zero-length array:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c: In function 'wil_cfg80211_scan':
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c:970:23: error: array subscript 255 is outside the bounds of an interior zero-length array 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Werror=zero-length-bounds]
>   970 |   cmd.cmd.channel_list[cmd.cmd.num_channels++].channel = ch - 1;
>       |   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h:17,
>                  from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c:11:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.h:477:4: note: while referencing 'channel_list'
>   477 |  } channel_list[0];
>       |    ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Turn this into a flexible array to avoid the warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

04a4d3416372 wil6210: avoid gcc-10 zero-length-bounds warning

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11529309/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches