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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc:     Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] carl9170: Replace zero-length array of trailing structs with flex-array
References: <20221118211146.never.395-kees@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:39:11 +0200
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        of "Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:11:47 -0800")
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Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:

> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1] and are being replaced with
> flexible array members in support of the ongoing efforts to tighten the
> FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(), correctly instrument array indexing
> with UBSAN_BOUNDS, and to globally enable -fstrict-flex-arrays=3.
>
> Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member.
>
> This results in no differences in binary output.
>
> [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
>
> Cc: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Nowadays we include "wifi:" in the subject, but I can add that. But
please use this in the future for all wireless patches.

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