linux-kernel - Re: Suggestion for fixing the variable length array used in the kernel.

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Date:	Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:10:08 -0800
From:	Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Sparse <linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Suggestion for fixing the variable length array used in the kernel.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 04:29:22PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> Roughly how many instances of this are there kernel-wide?
>>
>
> Around 150 on x86 allmodconfig.  They are pretty well audited.

I saw 207 on x86-64 allmodconfig. See the list that I attached.

Can you elaborate the well audited part? How it was audited?

I try to figure out if it is worth the trouble to fix it.


Chris

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