linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove VLA usage in rtc-s5m

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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:35:40 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@...sung.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove VLA usage in rtc-s5m

Hi,

On 10/03/2018 at 00:27:02 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> This patchset aims to remove VLA usage from rtc-s5m.
> 
> The first patch moves an enum from rtc.h to rtc-s5m.c, as this is the
> only driver in which such enum is actually being used [1].
> 
> The second patch adds the enum name RTC_MAX_NUM_TIME_REGS, which will
> be used as a maximum length to the current VLAs, hence turning them
> into fixed-length arrays instead.
> 
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-rtc&m=152060068925948&w=2
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Gustavo A. R. Silva (2):
>   rtc: s5m: move enum from rtc.h to rtc-s5m.c
>   rtc: s5m: Remove VLA usage
> 

Both applied, thanks.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com