Re: [PATCH wireless-drivers] mt76x0: Remove VLA usage

Kalle Valo
2018-08-08T04:54:49Z

Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:

> Even with "const" variables, the compiler will generate warnings about
> VLA usage. In the quest to remove all VLAs from the kernel[1], this uses
> a #define instead of a const to do the array sizing.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
>
> Fixes: e87b5039511a ("mt76x0: eeprom files")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> Please include this for the v4.19 merge window. The VLA was introduced
> with the new source file (which I also note is missing a SPDX line), so
> I'd like to avoid the kernel ever getting released with a VLA here.

Ok, I'll push this to v4.19.

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Kalle Valo