linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] LLVMLinux: Patches to enable the kernel to be compiled with clang/LLVM

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Message-Id: <05DCB0B8-AA7C-495F-B8E6-0803052DD273@holtmann.org>
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:01:42 -0700
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	behanw@...verseincode.com
Cc:	Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, clm@...com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, jbacik@...com,
	snitzer@...hat.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	james.l.morris@...cle.com, john.johansen@...onical.com,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	neilb@...e.de, serge@...lyn.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] LLVMLinux: Patches to enable the kernel to be compiled with clang/LLVM

Hi Behan,

> These patches remove the use of Variable Length Arrays In Structs (VLAIS) in
> crypto related code. Presented here for comments as a whole (since they all do
> the same thing in the same way). Once everyone is happy I will submit them
> individually to their appropriate maintainers.
> 
> The LLVMLinux project aims to fully build the Linux kernel using both gcc and
> clang (the C front end for the LLVM compiler infrastructure project). 
> 
> 
> Jan-Simon Möller (4):
>  crypto, dm: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from dm-crypt
>  crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from crypto/hmac.c
>  crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from libcrc32c.c
>  crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from crypto/testmgr.c
> 
> Vinícius Tinti (2):
>  apparmor: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS
>  btrfs: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS
> 
> crypto/hmac.c              | 27 +++++++++++++--------------
> crypto/testmgr.c           | 16 ++++++++--------
> drivers/md/dm-crypt.c      | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> fs/btrfs/hash.c            | 18 +++++++++---------
> lib/libcrc32c.c            | 18 +++++++++---------
> security/apparmor/crypto.c | 19 +++++++++----------
> 6 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

are you sure these are all of them? I know for a fact that we are using the same construct in net/bluetooth/amp.c as well.

Regards

Marcel

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