From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [next] rtw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:01:17 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <164543407352.995.16373174771394490326.kvalo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220216195047.GA904198@embeddedor>
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.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@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
2e2f63a19b0a rtw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220216195047.GA904198@embeddedor/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-16 19:50 [PATCH][next] tw89: core.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-02-16 20:35 ` Kees Cook
2022-02-17 0:25 ` Pkshih
2022-02-17 2:42 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-02-17 10:06 ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-21 9:01 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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