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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 phm_phase_shedding_limits_table, instead of a one-element array, and use the struct_size() helper to calculate the size for the allocation. Also, save some heap space as the original code is multiplying ptable->ucNumEntries by sizeof(struct phm_phase_shedding_limits_table) when it should have multiplied it by sizeof(struct phm_phase_shedding_limits_record) instead. [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 Build-tested-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5f7c5d36.6PStUZp2HRxAz7IM%25lkp@intel.com/ Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.