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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1] docs: networking: can: change bcm_msg_head frames member to support flexible array
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On 04.09.25 05:17, Alex Tran wrote:
> The documentation of the 'bcm_msg_head' struct does not match how
> it is defined in 'bcm.h'. Changed the frames member to a flexible array,
> matching the definition in the header file.
>
> See commit 94dfc73e7cf4 ("treewide: uapi: Replace zero-length arrays with
> flexible-array members")
>
> Bug 217783 <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217783>
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Tran <alex.t.tran@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>

Thanks Alex!

> ---
> Documentation/networking/can.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.rst b/Documentation/networking/can.rst
> index bc1b585355f7..7650c4b5be5f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/can.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.rst
> @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ The broadcast manager sends responses to user space in the same form:
> struct timeval ival1, ival2; /* count and subsequent interval */
> canid_t can_id; /* unique can_id for task */
> __u32 nframes; /* number of can_frames following */
> - struct can_frame frames[0];
> + struct can_frame frames[];
> };
>
> The aligned payload 'frames' uses the same basic CAN frame structure defined


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