The patch titled
Subject: groups: use flexible-array member in struct group_info
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
groups-use-flexible-array-member-in-struct-group_info.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/groups-use-flexible-array-member-in-struct-group_info.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/groups-use-flexible-array-member-in-struct-group_info.patch
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From: Hubert Jasudowicz <hubert.jasudowicz@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: groups: use flexible-array member in struct group_info
Replace zero-size array with flexible array member, as recommended by
the docs.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/155995eed35c3c1bdcc56e69d8997c8e4c46740a.1611620846.git.hubert.jasudowicz@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hubert Jasudowicz <hubert.jasudowicz@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Micah Morton <mortonm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gao Xiang <xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Cedeno <thomascedeno@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/cred.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/linux/cred.h~groups-use-flexible-array-member-in-struct-group_info
+++ a/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct inode;
struct group_info {
atomic_t usage;
int ngroups;
- kgid_t gid[0];
+ kgid_t gid[];
} __randomize_layout;
/**
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hubert.jasudowicz@xxxxxxxxx are
groups-use-flexible-array-member-in-struct-group_info.patch
groups-simplify-struct-group_info-allocation.patch
