netdev - RE: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: drop some VLAs in switch.c

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Date:   Tue, 8 May 2018 09:39:58 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Salvatore Mesoraca' <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
CC:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: drop some VLAs in switch.c

From: Salvatore Mesoraca
> Sent: 07 May 2018 20:03
...
> This optimization will save us an allocation when number of ports is
> less than 32 or 64 (depending on arch).
> IMHO it's useful, if you consider that, right now, DSA works only with
> 12-ports switches.

Why not just error out if the number of ports is greater than the compile-time
limit?

Worry about dynamic allocation if you need a lot more than 64 ports.

	David