linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RAID/s390: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:48:02 +0200
From:   Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Philippe Ombredanne" <pombredanne@...b.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RAID/s390: Remove VLA usage

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:52:21 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this moves
> the "$#" replacement from being an argument to being inside the function,
> which avoids generating VLAs.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  lib/raid6/s390vx.uc | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Added to s390:features for the next merge window. Thanks.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

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