Re: [PATCH][next] carl9170: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members

From: Christian Lamparter
Date: Thu Feb 17 2022 - 11:52:08 EST


On 16/02/2022 20:49, 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 <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxx>

(I've also applied it to the firmware source)