From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Louis Peens <louis.peens@netronome.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, oss-drivers@netronome.com,
"Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:01:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201204160122.3de3fd05@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.DHCP.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201204125601.24876-1-simon.horman@netronome.com>
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:56:01 +0100 Simon Horman 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/v5.9/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
> Signed-off-by: Louis Peens <louis.peens@netronome.com>
Applied, thank you!
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2020-12-04 12:56 [PATCH] nfp: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member Simon Horman
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