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* [PATCH][next] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper
@ 2022-08-29 21:52 Gustavo A. R. Silva
  2022-08-29 22:07 ` Kees Cook
  2022-08-30  5:45 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva @ 2022-08-29 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai
  Cc: alsa-devel, linux-kernel, Gustavo A. R. Silva, linux-hardening

Zero-length arrays are deprecated and we are moving towards adopting
C99 flexible-array members, instead. So, replace zero-length array
declaration in union audio_infoframe 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/193
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
---
 sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 6c209cd26c0c..2191d445d74e 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ struct dp_audio_infoframe {
 union audio_infoframe {
 	struct hdmi_audio_infoframe hdmi;
 	struct dp_audio_infoframe dp;
-	u8 bytes[0];
+	DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(u8, bytes);
 };
 
 /*
-- 
2.34.1


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* Re: [PATCH][next] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper
  2022-08-29 21:52 [PATCH][next] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper Gustavo A. R. Silva
@ 2022-08-29 22:07 ` Kees Cook
  2022-08-30  5:45 ` Takashi Iwai
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2022-08-29 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gustavo A. R. Silva
  Cc: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, alsa-devel, linux-kernel,
	linux-hardening

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 04:52:03PM -0500, 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 union audio_infoframe 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/193
> 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>

-- 
Kees Cook

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* Re: [PATCH][next] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper
  2022-08-29 21:52 [PATCH][next] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper Gustavo A. R. Silva
  2022-08-29 22:07 ` Kees Cook
@ 2022-08-30  5:45 ` Takashi Iwai
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2022-08-30  5:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gustavo A. R. Silva
  Cc: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, alsa-devel, linux-kernel,
	linux-hardening

On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:52:03 +0200,
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 union audio_infoframe 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/193
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Thanks, applied to for-next branch.


Takashi

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