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SubjectRe: [PATCH] brcmfmac: Replace zero-length array with flexible array member
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Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com> 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].
>
> Also, make use of the struct_size() helper in devm_kzalloc().
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.14/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

3fd445a4d49f brcmfmac: Replace zero-length array with flexible array member

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210904092217.2848-1-len.baker@gmx.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

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