Re: [PATCH v4] checkpatch: Check for missing sentinels in ID arrays

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2025-07-02 at 16:52 -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> All of the ID tables based on <linux/mod_devicetable.h> (of_device_id,
> pci_device_id, ...) require their arrays to end in an empty sentinel
> value. That's usually spelled with an empty initializer entry (e.g.,
> "{}"), but also sometimes with explicit 0 entries, field initializers
> (e.g., '.id = ""'), or even a macro entry (like PCMCIA_DEVICE_NULL).
> 
> Without a sentinel, device-matching code may read out of bounds.
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> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>