[PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Wed Feb 16 2022 - 14:42:57 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
index 11e3009121cc..be1456dea484 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct iwl_sap_hdr {
__le16 type;
__le16 len;
__le32 seq_num;
- u8 payload[0];
+ u8 payload[];
};

/**
--
2.27.0