linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] bna: bfi.h: Avoid the use of one-element array

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:50:24 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Rasesh Mody <rmody@...vell.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH][next] bna: bfi.h: Avoid the use of one-element array

One-element arrays are being deprecated[1]. Replace the one-element
array with a simple value type 'u8 rsvd'[2], once it seems this is
just a placeholder for alignment.

[1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/86

Tested-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Link: https://github.com/GustavoARSilva/linux-hardening/blob/master/cii/0-day/bfi-20200718.md
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h
index 09c912e984fe..f780d42c946d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ struct bfi_msgq_mhdr {
 	u16	msg_token;
 	u16	num_entries;
 	u8	enet_id;
-	u8	rsvd[1];
+	u8	rsvd;
 } __packed;
 
 #define bfi_msgq_mhdr_set(_mh, _mc, _mid, _tok, _enet_id) do {	\
-- 
2.27.0