linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

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Message-Id: <164916896263.1245964.9249363820319711355.b4-ty@arm.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Apr 2022 15:32:37 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     cgel.zte@...il.com
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>, cristian.marussi@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 07:55:37 +0000, cgel.zte@...il.com wrote:
> From: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>
> 
> There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare
> having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure.
> Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these
> cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should
> no longer be used[2].
> 
> [...]

Applied to sudeep.holla/linux (fixes/scmi), thanks!

[1/1] firmware: arm_scmi: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
      https://git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/c/f1ad601d1f

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Regards,
Sudeep