[PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Update zero-length/one-element arrays section

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Mon Aug 31 2020 - 21:03:45 EST


Update information in the zero-length and one-element arrays section
and illustrate how to make use of the new flex_array_size() helper,
together with struct_size() and a flexible-array member.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
index 918e32d76fc4..9731704b3f3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ to allocate for a structure containing an array of this kind as a member::
In the example above, we had to remember to calculate ``count - 1`` when using
the struct_size() helper, otherwise we would have --unintentionally-- allocated
memory for one too many ``items`` objects. The cleanest and least error-prone way
-to implement this is through the use of a `flexible array member`::
+to implement this is through the use of a `flexible array member`, together with
+struct_size() and flex_array_size() helpers::

struct something {
size_t count;
@@ -334,5 +335,4 @@ to implement this is through the use of a `flexible array member`::
instance = kmalloc(struct_size(instance, items, count), GFP_KERNEL);
instance->count = count;

- size = sizeof(instance->items[0]) * instance->count;
- memcpy(instance->items, source, size);
+ memcpy(instance->items, source, flex_array_size(instance, items, instance->count));
--
2.27.0