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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Darryl T. Agostinelli" <dagostinelli@gmail.com>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u avoid flex array of flex array
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 15:18:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YD5JGYK3IxVVbULa@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210228010614.162998-1-dagostinelli@gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 07:06:14PM -0600, Darryl T. Agostinelli wrote:
> Undo the flex array in struct ieee80211_info_element.  It is used as the flex
> array type in other structs (creating a flex array of flex arrays) making
> sparse unhappy.  This change maintains the intent of the code and satisfies
> sparse.

We have been trying to convert the kernel to use the [] style over time,
please don't move backwards on this.  There are loads of commits by
Gustavo in the tree that show this work.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-02 16:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-28  1:06 [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u avoid flex array of flex array Darryl T. Agostinelli
2021-03-01  6:33 ` Dan Carpenter
2021-03-02 14:18 ` Greg KH [this message]

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