Re: [PATCH] net: llc: drop VLA in llc_sap_mcast()

From: Salvatore Mesoraca
Date: Mon Mar 12 2018 - 12:48:10 EST


2018-03-12 16:14 GMT+01:00 David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:12:04 +0100
>
>> Avoid a VLA[1] by using a real constant expression instead of a variable.
>> The compiler should be able to optimize the original code and avoid using
>> an actual VLA. Anyway this change is useful because it will avoid a false
>> positive with -Wvla, it might also help the compiler generating better
>> code.
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied.

Thank you.