netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: neterion: vxge: reduce stack usage in VXGE_COMPLETE_VPATH

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, 16 Jul 2020 02:46:54 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jdmason@...zu.us, christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr,
        john.wanghui@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: neterion: vxge: reduce stack usage in
 VXGE_COMPLETE_VPATH_TX

On Thu, 2020-07-16 at 17:32 +0000, Bixuan Cui wrote:
> Fix the warning: [-Werror=-Wframe-larger-than=]
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
[]
> @@ -100,8 +100,14 @@ static inline void VXGE_COMPLETE_VPATH_TX(struct vxge_fifo *fifo)
>  	struct sk_buff **temp;
>  #define NR_SKB_COMPLETED 128
>  	struct sk_buff *completed[NR_SKB_COMPLETED];
> +	struct sk_buff **completed;
>  	int more;
> 
> +	completed = kcalloc(NR_SKB_COMPLETED, sizeof(*completed),
> +			    GFP_KERNEL);

I doubt this is a good idea.
Check the callers interrupt status.