linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] misc: tifm: Remove VLA

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:45:32 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] misc: tifm: Remove VLA

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 3:04 AM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
> There's an ongoing effort to remove VLAs[1] from the kernel to eventually
> turn on -Wvla. The single VLA can either take a value of 2 or 4 so switch
> to the upper bound.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>

Thanks for the new version,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>