linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: mpt3sas: Replace unnecessary dynamic allocation with a static one

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Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:32:41 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
        Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>,
        Suganath Prabu Subramani 
        <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: mpt3sas: Replace unnecessary dynamic
 allocation with a static one


Gustavo,

> Dynamic memory allocation isn't actually needed and it can be replaced
> by statically allocating memory for struct object io_unit_pg3 with 36
> hardcoded entries for its GPIOVal array.

Applied to 5.13/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering