linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove VLAIS usage from gadget code

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Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:12:10 -0400
From:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
To:	balbi@...com
CC:	charlebm@...il.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove VLAIS usage from gadget code - alternate patch

On 09/24/13 13:56, charlebm@...il.com wrote:
> From: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@...il.com>
>
> The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
> precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
> Clang compiler). This alternate patch calculates offsets into the kmalloc-ed
> memory buffer using macros. The previous patch required multiple kmalloc and
> kfree calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
This one uses macros and carves up a single piece of memory from one 
kmalloc.

Behan

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