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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mac80211: Use flexible array in struct ieee80211_tim_ie

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Hi,

On 8/29/23 15:29, Jeff Johnson wrote:
Currently struct ieee80211_tim_ie defines:
	u8 virtual_map[1];

Per the guidance in [1] change this to be a flexible array.

As a result of this change, adjust all related struct size tests to
account for the fact that the sizeof(struct ieee80211_tim_ie) now
accounts for the minimum size of the virtual_map.

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index bd2f6e19c357..4cdc2eb98f16 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ struct ieee80211_tim_ie {
  	u8 dtim_period;
  	u8 bitmap_ctrl;
  	/* variable size: 1 - 251 bytes */
-	u8 virtual_map[1];
+	u8 virtual_map[];
  } __packed;


Uhh, the 802.11 (my 2012 Version has this in) spec in
8.4.2.7 TIM Element demands this to be 1 - 251 bytes.
And this is why there's a comment above... With your
change this could be confusing. Would it be possible
to fix that somehow? Like in a anonymous union/group
with a flexible array and a u8?

Cheers,
Christian



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