[PATCH] powerpc/msi: Remove VLA usage

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Fri Jul 20 04:33:57 AEST 2018


On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 5:17 AM, Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> 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
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
>>
>> Friendly ping! Michael, can you take this?
>
> Yep, sorry. I actually applied it weeks ago but hadn't pushed.

No worries! Thanks! :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security


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