Re: [PATCH v3] docs: deprecated.rst: Add zero-length and one-element arrays

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Jun 19 2020 - 15:39:31 EST


On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:37:11 -0500
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add zero-length and one-element arrays to the list.
>
> While I continue replacing zero-length and one-element arrays with
> flexible-array members, I need a reference to point people to, so
> they don't introduce more instances of such arrays. And while here,
> add a note to the "open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments"
> section, on the use of struct_size() and the arrays-to-deprecate
> mentioned here.
>
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Add changes written by Kees.
> - Add Co-developed-by tag to include Kees in the changelog text.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Adjust some markup links for readability.
>
> Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon