linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: orion: avoid VLA in orion_mpp

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Date:   Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:26:29 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: orion: avoid VLA in orion_mpp_conf

On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 06:15:49PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Testing randconfig builds found an instance of a VLA that was
> missed when determining that we have removed them all:
> 
> arch/arm/plat-orion/mpp.c: In function 'orion_mpp_conf':
> arch/arm/plat-orion/mpp.c:31:2: error: ISO C90 forbids variable length array 'mpp_ctrl' [-Werror=vla]
> 
> This one is fairly straightforward: we know what all three
> callers are, and the maximum length is not very long.
> 
> Fixes: 68664695ae57 ("Makefile: Globally enable VLA warning")
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Hi Arnd

Do you want this to go via the mvebu tree? Or you can take it direct
into arm-soc. There have not been any patches to orion5x, dove or
mv78xx0 for a long time, so there won't be any merge conflicts.

Thanks

    Andrew