linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] security, crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS from ima

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:25:16 -0700
From:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
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	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] security, crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS from
 ima_crypto.c

On 09/15/14 07:21, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:30 AM,  <behanw@...verseincode.com> wrote:
>> From: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
>>
>> Replaced the use of a Variable Length Array In Struct (VLAIS) with a C99
>> compliant equivalent. This patch allocates the appropriate amount of memory
>> using a char array using the SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK macro.
> You only made the first case use SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK, the two other
> cases you left in the ugly format. Was that just an oversight, or was
> there some reason for it?
>
Oversight. Will Fix.

Behan

-- 
Behan Webster
behanw@...verseincode.com

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