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Message-ID: <164543916134.26423.3775423173401494740.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:26:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ath6kl: Replace zero-length arrays with
flexible-array
members
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> 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>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@...cinc.com>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
d9bc14167b1f ath6kl: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220216194857.GA904059@embeddedor/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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