carl9170: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members
authorGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:49:55 +0000 (13:49 -0600)
committerKalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:03:42 +0000 (11:03 +0200)
commit152094dd8c8d345c1ff9aef92e138e402dfe3d17
tree49f3d5cd68337ec34077a408eae62ed0f5108403
parent691425b4a41fe5843ea424a93ee373f29b1040a5
carl9170: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members

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: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220216194955.GA904126@embeddedor
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