linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] request_firmware examples and MODULE

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Date:	Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:41:42 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Victor Hugo <victor@...go.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] request_firmware examples and MODULE_FIRMWARE

Ar Llu, 2006-09-04 am 01:39 -0700, ysgrifennodd Victor Hugo:
> That said, here's the patch...
> 
> tatic void sample_firmware_load(char *firmware, int size)
+{
+       u8 buf[size + 1];
+       memcpy(buf, firmware, size);

Please don't use this GNUism in the kernel code. It makes it very hard
to tell how much is being put on the (limited) stack. Better to use
kmalloc explicitly or a fixed size.

Rest looks sane.


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