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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:34:44 -0800 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> Cc: Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>, Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>, Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>, Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>, Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>, Chung-hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com, SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] brcmfmac: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:49:35PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: > 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]. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member > [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78 > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> -- Kees Cook
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