From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5091BC433F5 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:04:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231893AbiBXJEq (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:04:46 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40034 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231736AbiBXJEp (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:04:45 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 398601A58CC; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:04:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCFDA60A2B; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:04:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49F3EC340E9; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:04:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1645693454; bh=jgxNAFbFo5i1lWEOpOUAVFaQaooKHchqspipaHhzRwA=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:Date:From; b=ax/l6HCoZXj8aB2eKuyynYgXe0D8c08z4twnpLIX6i+h4h5aXIcMUo4g3p53tN0LI 2wdhgKjJN4W8SnPJt7iebQvR0OCFzkUcwW/Yc+OjUbYRxnuULiV+zftlIvO4HfVKPd JBrxgPavHj3DhDZaWitkwrChtGW6EQh02zQjmqDLV4z4IwkxWHOuI0wM7L9Eq1/VFq p+hVbj95dgq5QRtfvaCidK9O1EE/dbUN/2zd2aNuDqMJ/VtB4r3KPV1oH0IS/AIAu/ ix7nErT30AI4Rm/lBS42hef5Dwdo3OAjB3gM4/UwUogTgVgZBmWf77MVod74eKQxH+ q7NHsxmMRGihQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] carl9170: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20220216194955.GA904126@embeddedor> References: <20220216194955.GA904126@embeddedor> To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Cc: Christian Lamparter , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" , linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: pwcli/0.1.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/3.7.3 Message-ID: <164569345046.30378.3865257122515016490.kvalo@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:04:12 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org "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 > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook > Acked-by: Christian Lamparter > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 152094dd8c8d carl9170: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220216194955.GA904126@embeddedor/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches