diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.h
index 7f102ffeb675..e4d751b0c812 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_spnego.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct cifs_spnego_msg {
 	uint32_t	flags;
 	uint32_t	sesskey_len;
 	uint32_t	secblob_len;
-	uint8_t		data[1];
+	uint8_t		data[];
 };
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
index add73be4902c..445e3eaebcc1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ typedef union smb_com_session_setup_andx {
 		__u32 Reserved;
 		__le32 Capabilities;	/* see below */
 		__le16 ByteCount;
-		unsigned char SecurityBlob[1];	/* followed by */
+		unsigned char SecurityBlob[];	/* followed by */
 		/* STRING NativeOS */
 		/* STRING NativeLanMan */
 	} __attribute__((packed)) req;	/* NTLM request format (with
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ typedef union smb_com_session_setup_andx {
 		__u32 Reserved;	/* see below */
 		__le32 Capabilities;
 		__le16 ByteCount;
-		unsigned char CaseInsensitivePassword[1];     /* followed by: */
+		unsigned char CaseInsensitivePassword[];     /* followed by: */
 		/* unsigned char * CaseSensitivePassword; */
 		/* STRING AccountName */
 		/* STRING PrimaryDomain */
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ typedef union smb_com_session_setup_andx {
 		__le16 Action;	/* see below */
 		__le16 SecurityBlobLength;
 		__u16 ByteCount;
-		unsigned char SecurityBlob[1];	/* followed by */
+		unsigned char SecurityBlob[];	/* followed by */
 /*      unsigned char  * NativeOS;      */
 /*	unsigned char  * NativeLanMan;  */
 /*      unsigned char  * PrimaryDomain; */
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ typedef union smb_com_session_setup_andx {
 		__le16 PasswordLength;
 		__u32 Reserved; /* encrypt key len and offset */
 		__le16 ByteCount;
-		unsigned char AccountPassword[1];	/* followed by */
+		unsigned char AccountPassword[];	/* followed by */
 		/* STRING AccountName */
 		/* STRING PrimaryDomain */
 		/* STRING NativeOS */
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ typedef union smb_com_session_setup_andx {
 		__le16 AndXOffset;
 		__le16 Action;	/* see below */
 		__u16 ByteCount;
-		unsigned char NativeOS[1];	/* followed by */
+		unsigned char NativeOS[];	/* followed by */
 /*	unsigned char * NativeLanMan; */
 /*      unsigned char * PrimaryDomain; */
 	} __attribute__((packed)) old_resp; /* pre-NTLM (LANMAN2.1) response */
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_tconx_req {
 	__le16 Flags;		/* see below */
 	__le16 PasswordLength;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
-	unsigned char Password[1];	/* followed by */
+	unsigned char Password[];	/* followed by */
 /* STRING Path    *//* \\server\share name */
 	/* STRING Service */
 } __attribute__((packed)) TCONX_REQ;
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_tconx_rsp {
 	__le16 AndXOffset;
 	__le16 OptionalSupport;	/* see below */
 	__u16 ByteCount;
-	unsigned char Service[1];	/* always ASCII, not Unicode */
+	unsigned char Service[];	/* always ASCII, not Unicode */
 	/* STRING NativeFileSystem */
 } __attribute__((packed)) TCONX_RSP;
 
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_tconx_rsp_ext {
 	__le32 MaximalShareAccessRights;
 	__le32 GuestMaximalShareAccessRights;
 	__u16 ByteCount;
-	unsigned char Service[1];	/* always ASCII, not Unicode */
+	unsigned char Service[];	/* always ASCII, not Unicode */
 	/* STRING NativeFileSystem */
 } __attribute__((packed)) TCONX_RSP_EXT;
 
@@ -755,14 +755,14 @@ typedef struct smb_com_echo_req {
 	struct	smb_hdr hdr;
 	__le16	EchoCount;
 	__le16	ByteCount;
-	char	Data[1];
+	char	Data[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) ECHO_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_echo_rsp {
 	struct	smb_hdr hdr;
 	__le16	SequenceNumber;
 	__le16	ByteCount;
-	char	Data[1];
+	char	Data[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) ECHO_RSP;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_logoff_andx_req {
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_open_req {	/* also handles create */
 	__le32 ImpersonationLevel;
 	__u8 SecurityFlags;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
-	char fileName[1];
+	char fileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) OPEN_REQ;
 
 /* open response: oplock levels */
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_openx_req {
 	__le32 Timeout;
 	__le32 Reserved;
 	__le16  ByteCount;  /* file name follows */
-	char   fileName[1];
+	char   fileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) OPENX_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_openx_rsp {
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_lock_req {
 	__le16 NumberOfUnlocks;
 	__le16 NumberOfLocks;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
-	LOCKING_ANDX_RANGE Locks[1];
+	LOCKING_ANDX_RANGE Locks[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) LOCK_REQ;
 
 /* lock type */
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_rename_req {
 	__le16 SearchAttributes;	/* target file attributes */
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII or Unicode */
-	unsigned char OldFileName[1];
+	unsigned char OldFileName[];
 	/* followed by __u8 BufferFormat2 */
 	/* followed by NewFileName */
 } __attribute__((packed)) RENAME_REQ;
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_copy_req {
 	__le16 Flags;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII or Unicode */
-	unsigned char OldFileName[1];
+	unsigned char OldFileName[];
 	/* followed by __u8 BufferFormat2 */
 	/* followed by NewFileName string */
 } __attribute__((packed)) COPY_REQ;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_copy_rsp {
 	__le16 CopyCount;    /* number of files copied */
 	__u16 ByteCount;    /* may be zero */
 	__u8 BufferFormat;  /* 0x04 - only present if errored file follows */
-	unsigned char ErrorFileName[1]; /* only present if error in copy */
+	unsigned char ErrorFileName[]; /* only present if error in copy */
 } __attribute__((packed)) COPY_RSP;
 
 #define CREATE_HARD_LINK		0x103
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_nt_rename_req {	/* A5 - also used for create hardlink */
 	__le32 ClusterCount;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII or Unicode */
-	unsigned char OldFileName[1];
+	unsigned char OldFileName[];
 	/* followed by __u8 BufferFormat2 */
 	/* followed by NewFileName */
 } __attribute__((packed)) NT_RENAME_REQ;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_delete_file_req {
 	__le16 SearchAttributes;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII */
-	unsigned char fileName[1];
+	unsigned char fileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) DELETE_FILE_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_delete_file_rsp {
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_delete_directory_req {
 	struct smb_hdr hdr;	/* wct = 0 */
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII */
-	unsigned char DirName[1];
+	unsigned char DirName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) DELETE_DIRECTORY_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_delete_directory_rsp {
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_create_directory_req {
 	struct smb_hdr hdr;	/* wct = 0 */
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 BufferFormat;	/* 4 = ASCII */
-	unsigned char DirName[1];
+	unsigned char DirName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) CREATE_DIRECTORY_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_create_directory_rsp {
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_query_information_req {
 	struct smb_hdr hdr;     /* wct = 0 */
 	__le16 ByteCount;	/* 1 + namelen + 1 */
 	__u8 BufferFormat;      /* 4 = ASCII */
-	unsigned char FileName[1];
+	unsigned char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) QUERY_INFORMATION_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_query_information_rsp {
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_setattr_req {
 	__le16 reserved[5]; /* must be zero */
 	__u16  ByteCount;
 	__u8   BufferFormat; /* 4 = ASCII */
-	unsigned char fileName[1];
+	unsigned char fileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) SETATTR_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_setattr_rsp {
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction_ioctl_req {
 	__u8 IsRootFlag; /* 1 = apply command to root of share (must be DFS) */
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 	__u8 Pad[3];
-	__u8 Data[1];
+	__u8 Data[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACT_IOCTL_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_transaction_compr_ioctl_req {
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction_change_notify_req {
 	__u8 Reserved2;
 	__le16 ByteCount;
 /*	__u8 Pad[3];*/
-/*	__u8 Data[1];*/
+/*	__u8 Data[];*/
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACT_CHANGE_NOTIFY_REQ;
 
 /* BB eventually change to use generic ntransact rsp struct
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ struct cifs_quota_data {
 	__u64	space_used;
 	__u64	soft_limit;
 	__u64	hard_limit;
-	char	sid[1];  /* variable size? */
+	char	sid[];  /* variable size? */
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 /* quota sub commands */
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_qpi_req {
 	__u8 Pad;
 	__le16 InformationLevel;
 	__u32 Reserved4;
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACTION2_QPI_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_qpi_rsp {
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_spi_req {
 	__u16 Pad1;
 	__le16 InformationLevel;
 	__u32 Reserved4;
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACTION2_SPI_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_spi_rsp {
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_ffirst_req {
 	__le16 SearchFlags;
 	__le16 InformationLevel;
 	__le32 SearchStorageType;
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACTION2_FFIRST_REQ;
 
 typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_ffirst_rsp {
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction2_get_dfs_refer_req {
 				   perhaps?) followed by one byte pad - doesn't
 				   seem to matter though */
 	__le16 MaxReferralLevel;
-	char RequestFileName[1];
+	char RequestFileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_REQ;
 
 #define DFS_VERSION cpu_to_le16(0x0003)
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ struct get_dfs_referral_rsp {
 	__le16 PathConsumed;
 	__le16 NumberOfReferrals;
 	__le32 DFSFlags;
-	REFERRAL3 referrals[1];	/* array of level 3 dfs_referral structures */
+	REFERRAL3 referrals[];	/* array of level 3 dfs_referral structures */
 	/* followed by the strings pointed to by the referral structures */
 } __packed;
 
@@ -2284,7 +2284,10 @@ typedef struct { /* data block encoding of response to level 263 QPathInfo */
 	__le32 Mode;
 	__le32 AlignmentRequirement;
 	__le32 FileNameLength;
-	char FileName[1];
+	union {
+		char __pad;
+		DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(char, FileName);
+	};
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_ALL_INFO;	/* level 0x107 QPathInfo */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2322,7 +2325,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO;	/* level 0x200 QPathInfo */
 
 typedef struct {
-	char LinkDest[1];
+	DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(char, LinkDest);
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_UNIX_LINK_INFO;	/* level 0x201 QPathInfo */
 
 /* The following three structures are needed only for
@@ -2371,7 +2374,7 @@ struct file_end_of_file_info {
 } __attribute__((packed)); /* size info, level 0x104 for set, 0x106 for query */
 
 struct file_alt_name_info {
-	__u8   alt_name[1];
+	DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__u8, alt_name);
 } __attribute__((packed));      /* level 0x0108 */
 
 struct file_stream_info {
@@ -2480,7 +2483,10 @@ typedef struct {
 	__le32 NextEntryOffset;
 	__u32 ResumeKey; /* as with FileIndex - no need to convert */
 	FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO basic;
-	char FileName[1];
+	union {
+		char __pad;
+		DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(char, FileName);
+	};
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_UNIX_INFO; /* level 0x202 */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2494,7 +2500,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	__le64 AllocationSize;
 	__le32 ExtFileAttributes;
 	__le32 FileNameLength;
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO;   /* level 0x101 FF resp data */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2509,7 +2515,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	__le32 ExtFileAttributes;
 	__le32 FileNameLength;
 	__le32 EaSize; /* length of the xattrs */
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_FULL_DIRECTORY_INFO; /* level 0x102 rsp data */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2526,7 +2532,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	__le32 EaSize; /* EA size */
 	__le32 Reserved;
 	__le64 UniqueId; /* inode num - le since Samba puts ino in low 32 bit*/
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) SEARCH_ID_FULL_DIR_INFO; /* level 0x105 FF rsp data */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2544,7 +2550,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	__u8   ShortNameLength;
 	__u8   Reserved;
 	__u8   ShortName[24];
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) FILE_BOTH_DIRECTORY_INFO; /* level 0x104 FFrsp data */
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2559,7 +2565,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	__le32 AllocationSize;
 	__le16 Attributes; /* verify not u32 */
 	__u8   FileNameLength;
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO; /* level 0x1 FF resp data */
 
 
@@ -2569,16 +2575,6 @@ struct win_dev {
 	__le64 minor;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-struct gea {
-	unsigned char name_len;
-	char name[1];
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-struct gealist {
-	unsigned long list_len;
-	struct gea list[1];
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 struct fea {
 	unsigned char EA_flags;
 	__u8 name_len;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 2d75ba5aaa8a..ef638086d734 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static char *nxt_dir_entry(char *old_entry, char *end_of_smb, int level)
 		FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO *pfData;
 		pfData = (FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO *)pDirInfo;
 
-		new_entry = old_entry + sizeof(FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO) +
+		new_entry = old_entry + sizeof(FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO) + 1 +
 				pfData->FileNameLength;
 	} else {
 		u32 next_offset = le32_to_cpu(pDirInfo->NextEntryOffset);
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ static char *nxt_dir_entry(char *old_entry, char *end_of_smb, int level)
 			 new_entry, end_of_smb, old_entry);
 		return NULL;
 	} else if (((level == SMB_FIND_FILE_INFO_STANDARD) &&
-		    (new_entry + sizeof(FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO) > end_of_smb))
+		    (new_entry + sizeof(FIND_FILE_STANDARD_INFO) + 1 > end_of_smb))
 		  || ((level != SMB_FIND_FILE_INFO_STANDARD) &&
-		   (new_entry + sizeof(FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO) > end_of_smb)))  {
+		   (new_entry + sizeof(FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO) + 1 > end_of_smb)))  {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "search entry %p extends after end of SMB %p\n",
 			 new_entry, end_of_smb);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index c304678514a5..4982f5e65e13 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -5010,10 +5010,10 @@ smb2_parse_query_directory(struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	switch (srch_inf->info_level) {
 	case SMB_FIND_FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO:
-		info_buf_size = sizeof(FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO) - 1;
+		info_buf_size = sizeof(FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO);
 		break;
 	case SMB_FIND_FILE_ID_FULL_DIR_INFO:
-		info_buf_size = sizeof(SEARCH_ID_FULL_DIR_INFO) - 1;
+		info_buf_size = sizeof(SEARCH_ID_FULL_DIR_INFO);
 		break;
 	case SMB_FIND_FILE_POSIX_INFO:
 		/* note that posix payload are variable size */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index a5773a06aba8..2114e8a0c63a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ struct smb2_file_id_extd_directory_info {
 	__le32 EaSize; /* EA size */
 	__le32 ReparsePointTag; /* valid if FILE_ATTR_REPARSE_POINT set in FileAttributes */
 	__le64 UniqueId; /* inode num - le since Samba puts ino in low 32 bit */
-	char FileName[1];
+	char FileName[];
 } __packed; /* level 60 */
 
 extern char smb2_padding[7];
