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lib/stackdepot.c: replace one-element array with flexible-array member
authorGustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:43:04 +0000 (20:43 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:46:16 +0000 (22:46 -0800)
commit3a2b67e6e3fdb14c6da4c6909454d7a1d9b24f70
treeabb959ca79cbefc4a26701d674aa85374d854fee
parent0ae446e4b91b5a713fb189cf7f23d1a303057fd9
lib/stackdepot.c: replace one-element array with flexible-array member

Patch series "lib/stackdepot.c: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member".

This series aims to replace a one-element array with a flexible-array
member.  Also, make use of the struct_size(), flexible_array_size() and
array_size() helpers.

This patch (of 3):

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].

Refactor the code according to the use of a flexible-array member in
struct stack_record, instead of a one-element array, and use the
struct_size() helper to calculate the size for the allocation.

[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

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1601565471.git.gustavoars@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5f75876b.x9zdN10esiC0qLHV%25lkp@intel.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f1e6a17aaa891ad9c58817cf0a10b8ab8894f59.1601565471.git.gustavoars@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/stackdepot.c