Re: [PATCH v3] docs: deprecated.rst: Add zero-length and one-element arrays

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jun 10 2020 - 01:57:00 EST


On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 04:37:11PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Add zero-length and one-element arrays to the list.
>
> While I continue replacing zero-length and one-element arrays with
> flexible-array members, I need a reference to point people to, so
> they don't introduce more instances of such arrays. And while here,
> add a note to the "open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments"
> section, on the use of struct_size() and the arrays-to-deprecate
> mentioned here.
>
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

We hammered this out offlist, hence my SoB, but just in case it's
useful:

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook