linux-kernel - Re: staging/wlan-ng query: convert to flexible array member

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Date:   Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:33:43 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: staging/wlan-ng query: convert to flexible array member

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 08:42:59PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> 
> Can you please suggest how should I approach correcting the zero element flex
> array implementation here? Can these structs be removed if they are unused?

You can try using DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(). See this[1] patch.

--
Gustavo

[1] https://git.kernel.org/linus/6e4a53ee7989c8a2b9fc3b14cd90f6e2d613ca76