linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 5/9] dm: Remove VLA usage from hashes

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Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:13:18 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        Tudor-Dan Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        qat-linux@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/9] dm: Remove VLA usage from hashes

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 02:18:39PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this uses
> the new HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE from the crypto layer to allocate the upper
> bounds on stack usage.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Can the dm folks please review this patch?

Thanks,
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