Linux Lands And Then Reverts Usage Of Flexible Array Members

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux Lands And Then Reverts Usage Of Flexible Array Members

As a change past the Linux 5.8 merge window now that the flurry of code activity has settled down was changing the use of zero-length arrays in structs with flexible array members. Linus Torvalds did pull the change into Linux 5.8 but then decided shortly afterwards to drop the change at least for the time being...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.8-Flexible-Array-Member

[oxwivi]

So the Linux codebase is standardized to C99 now? Is there anywhere that actively documents what standards the project works towards? Like this C standard and the line character length that got changed recently.

[ldesnogu]

So the Linux codebase is standardized to C99 now? Is there anywhere that actively documents what standards the project works towards? Like this C standard and the line character length that got changed recently.

C90 + some C99 according to: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/late...-language.html

[Guest]

C90 + some C99 according to: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/late...-language.html

Isn't this just a tiny bit old? Who's going to build the latest kernel on 20~30 years old compiler?

[pal666]

Isn't this just a tiny bit old? Who's going to build the latest kernel on 20~30 years old compiler?

nobody will do it because kernel wouldn't compile. it requires gcc 4.8 ( https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/late...s/changes.html )