linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: xfrm6

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Message-ID: <20180309123543.defont7is6fyxt4d@gauss3.secunet.de>
Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 13:35:43 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>
CC:     <keescook@...omium.org>, <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: xfrm6_state: remove VLA usage

On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 02:21:46PM +0200, Andreas Christoforou wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1].
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>

Can you please explain why you want this change?