* [PATCH] nfp: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
@ 2020-12-04 12:56 Simon Horman
2020-12-05 0:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Simon Horman @ 2020-12-04 12:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Miller
Cc: Jakub Kicinski, Louis Peens, netdev, oss-drivers, Simon Horman,
Gustavo A . R . Silva
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>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/fw.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/fw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/fw.h
index 8d1458896bcb..dcb67c2b5e5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/fw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/fw.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct nfp_crypto_req_add_front {
__be16 ipver_vlan __packed;
u8 l4_proto;
#define NFP_NET_TLS_NON_ADDR_KEY_LEN 8
- u8 l3_addrs[0];
+ u8 l3_addrs[];
};
struct nfp_crypto_req_add_back {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
index f18e787fa9ad..10e7d8b21c46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ int nfp_nsp_read_module_eeprom(struct nfp_nsp *state, int eth_index,
__le16 offset;
__le16 readlen;
u8 eth_index;
- u8 data[0];
+ u8 data[];
} __packed *buf;
int bufsz, ret;
--
2.20.1
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* Re: [PATCH] nfp: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2020-12-04 12:56 [PATCH] nfp: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member Simon Horman
@ 2020-12-05 0:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2020-12-05 0:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Simon Horman
Cc: David Miller, Louis Peens, netdev, oss-drivers, Gustavo A . R . Silva
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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