params: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
authorGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:23:32 +0000 (10:23 -0500)
committerGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:22:59 +0000 (17:22 -0500)
commitfa29c9c11d4e2ba514421758991e5b3095642844
treeb12dff9cfbe5dd834fa29f094a5834fd53715ef9
parent9d0a49c7023c0905ea19116cf74beb7d9611d8ac
params: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having a
dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code should
always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older style of
one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9-rc1/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
kernel/params.c