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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/msi: Remove VLA usage
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
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References: <20180629185254.GA37557@beast>
From: Tyrel Datwyler <turtle.in.the.kernel@gmail.com>
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On 06/29/2018 11:52 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> switches from an unchanging variable to a constant expression to eliminate
> the VLA generation.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com>