linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix array of flexible structures

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Message-ID: <YIhTjGpmLSYKuCi3@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:10:20 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jitendra Khasdev <jkhasdev@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix array of flexible structures

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:19:45PM +0530, Jitendra Khasdev wrote:
> This patch fixes sparse warning "array of flexible structures"
> for rtllib.h.
> 
> eg. drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h:832:48: warning: array of
> flexible structures
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jitendra Khasdev <jkhasdev@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> index 4cabaf2..c7cb318 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ struct rtllib_authentication {
>  	__le16 transaction;
>  	__le16 status;
>  	/*challenge*/
> -	struct rtllib_info_element info_element[];
> +	struct rtllib_info_element *info_element;

You just changed the definition of this structure, and the other
structures here.  Are you sure this is working properly?

thanks,

greg k-h