netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] mdio-mux-gpio: Remove VLA usage

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Message-Id: <20180626.232537.1924948033121555004.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:25:37 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] mdio-mux-gpio: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:49:49 -0700

> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> allocates the values buffer during the callback instead of putting it
> on the stack.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Applied.