linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] docs: deprecated.rst: Add zero-length and one-element arrays

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Message-ID: <202006092255.B7897E7@keescook>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jun 2020 22:56:51 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: deprecated.rst: Add zero-length and one-element
 arrays

On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 04:37:11PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Add zero-length and one-element arrays to the list.
> 
> While I continue replacing zero-length and one-element arrays with
> flexible-array members, I need a reference to point people to, so
> they don't introduce more instances of such arrays. And while here,
> add a note to the "open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments"
> section, on the use of struct_size() and the arrays-to-deprecate
> mentioned here.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

We hammered this out offlist, hence my SoB, but just in case it's
useful:

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

-- 
Kees Cook