From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, ;
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] exportfs: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:10:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202209022209.ABAD4C8899@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YxKNA/3add4wxI3R@work>
On Sat, Sep 03, 2022 at 12:08:51AM +0100, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated and we are moving towards adopting
> C99 flexible-array members instead. So, replace zero-length array
> declaration in struct fid with the new DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY()
> helper macro.
>
> This helper allows for a flexible-array member in a union.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/193
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/197
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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2022-09-02 23:08 [PATCH][next] exportfs: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper Gustavo A. R. Silva
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