linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:19:35 -0600
From:   Jordan Crouse <jcrouse@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Remove VLA usage

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:47:31PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> > switches to using a kasprintf()ed buffer. Return paths are updated
> > to free the allocation.
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c   |  7 +++++--
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--------
> >  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> This seems fine, though using a fixed-length string is probably just
> as well here,
> given that the 'fwname' variable is always set to the constant string
> "a530_zap.mdt"
> at the moment, which is not very long.

We could make it fixed but since this code is only called once this
feels safer.

Jordan

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