Re: [PATCH][next] nvmem: u-boot-env: replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jan 25 2023 - 15:27:55 EST


On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 07:41:02AM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 2023-01-10 02:40, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1] and we are moving towards
> > adopting C99 flexible-array members instead. So, replace zero-length
> > array declaration in struct u_boot_env_image_broadcom with flex-array
> > member.
> >
> > This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
> > routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
> > enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [2].
>
> I also handled this issue in my
> [PATCH V2 4/6] nvmem: u-boot-env: convert to layout driver
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230111073102.8147-4-zajec5@xxxxxxxxx/

Ah-ha, thanks! Looks good. :)

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Kees Cook