Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix array of flexible structures

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Apr 27 2021 - 14:10:25 EST


On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:19:45PM +0530, Jitendra Khasdev wrote:
> This patch fixes sparse warning "array of flexible structures"
> for rtllib.h.
>
> eg. drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h:832:48: warning: array of
> flexible structures
>
> Signed-off-by: Jitendra Khasdev <jkhasdev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> index 4cabaf2..c7cb318 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
> @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ struct rtllib_authentication {
> __le16 transaction;
> __le16 status;
> /*challenge*/
> - struct rtllib_info_element info_element[];
> + struct rtllib_info_element *info_element;

You just changed the definition of this structure, and the other
structures here. Are you sure this is working properly?

thanks,

greg k-h