Re: [PATCH v2] cxgb3: remove VLA usage

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Mar 07 2018 - 15:56:21 EST


From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:03:33 -0600

> Remove VLA usage and change the 'len' argument to a u8 and use a 256
> byte buffer on the stack. Notice that these lengths are limited by the
> encoding field in the VPD structure, which is a u8 [1].
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152044354814024&w=2
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Update the code as suggested by David Miller.
> - Update changelog based on David's comments.
> - Update subject.

Applied to net-next, thanks.