linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] soc: qcom: smd: Remove use of VLAIS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:02:33 -0700
From:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
CC:	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] soc: qcom: smd: Remove use of VLAIS

On Wed 02 Sep 15:46 PDT 2015, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> Usage of VLAIS prevents clang from compiling this file, and it
> also opens us to the possibility of allocating a large structure
> on the stack to the point that we blow past the limit of the
> kernel stack. Remove the VLAIS and allocate a structure on the
> heap with kmalloc so that we're safer and more clang friendly.
> 
Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/