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pcmcia: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:

struct foo {
int stuff;
struct boo array[];
};

By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.

Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:

"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]

sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.

This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
[3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

authored by

Gustavo A. R. Silva and committed by
Dominik Brodowski
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include/pcmcia/cistpl.h
··· 161 161 162 162 typedef struct cistpl_funce_t { 163 163 u_char type; 164 - u_char data[0]; 164 + u_char data[]; 165 165 } cistpl_funce_t; 166 166 167 167 /*====================================================================== ··· 255 255 u_char escape; 256 256 u_char encrypt; 257 257 u_char misc_features; 258 - u_char ccitt_code[0]; 258 + u_char ccitt_code[]; 259 259 } cistpl_data_serv_t; 260 260 261 261 typedef struct cistpl_fax_serv_t { ··· 265 265 u_char encrypt; 266 266 u_char features_0; 267 267 u_char features_1; 268 - u_char ccitt_code[0]; 268 + u_char ccitt_code[]; 269 269 } cistpl_fax_serv_t; 270 270 271 271 typedef struct cistpl_voice_serv_t {