linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] greybus: Avoid fake flexible array for response data

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Message-Id: <20250527050635.946553-1-clf700383@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 13:06:35 +0800
From: clingfei <clf700383@...il.com>
To: elder@...nel.org
Cc: keescook@...omium.org,
	johan@...nel.org,
	vireshk@...nel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	clf700383@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] greybus: Avoid fake flexible array for response data

We want to get rid of zero size arrays and use flexible arrays instead.
However, in this case the struct is just one flexible array of u8 which
adds no value. Just use a pointer instead.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202505262032.507AD8E0DC@keescook/

Signed-off-by: clingfei <clf700383@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/greybus/i2c.c             | 12 ++++--------
 include/linux/greybus/greybus_protocols.h |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/i2c.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/i2c.c
index 14f1ff6d448c..b248d6717b71 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/i2c.c
@@ -144,15 +144,14 @@ gb_i2c_operation_create(struct gb_connection *connection,
 }
 
 static void gb_i2c_decode_response(struct i2c_msg *msgs, u32 msg_count,
-				   struct gb_i2c_transfer_response *response)
+				   u8 *data)
 {
 	struct i2c_msg *msg = msgs;
-	u8 *data;
 	u32 i;
 
-	if (!response)
+	if (!data)
 		return;
-	data = response->data;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < msg_count; i++) {
 		if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD) {
 			memcpy(msg->buf, data, msg->len);
@@ -188,10 +187,7 @@ static int gb_i2c_transfer_operation(struct gb_i2c_device *gb_i2c_dev,
 
 	ret = gb_operation_request_send_sync(operation);
 	if (!ret) {
-		struct gb_i2c_transfer_response *response;
-
-		response = operation->response->payload;
-		gb_i2c_decode_response(msgs, msg_count, response);
+		gb_i2c_decode_response(msgs, msg_count, operation->response->payload);
 		ret = msg_count;
 	} else if (!gb_i2c_expected_transfer_error(ret)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "transfer operation failed (%d)\n", ret);
diff --git a/include/linux/greybus/greybus_protocols.h b/include/linux/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
index 820134b0105c..6a35c78b967b 100644
--- a/include/linux/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
+++ b/include/linux/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
@@ -678,9 +678,6 @@ struct gb_i2c_transfer_request {
 	__le16				op_count;
 	struct gb_i2c_transfer_op	ops[];		/* op_count of these */
 } __packed;
-struct gb_i2c_transfer_response {
-	__u8				data[0];	/* inbound data */
-} __packed;
 
 
 /* GPIO */
-- 
2.34.1