On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:23:03PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
>
> Are you sure these changes are correct? This isn't just a list of
> structures after this at the end of the structure?
>
> Please look at commit 5979afa2c4d1 ("staging: Replace zero-length array
> with flexible-array member") which made most of these flexible arrays.
>
> This is not a pointer, it really is an array, I think sparse is really
> wrong here, be careful.
Sparse's warning is not about changing the definition of this member
as if it was the argument of a function. It's about how can you use
an array of structure when this structure has a flexible member.
It's a recent warning, added purposely to catch this.
See
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgjz05ap8vqdzwdwjvwvtzioytc6cnnb8gneqzenfm...@mail.gmail.com
-- Luc
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