Re: [PATCH] crypto: tcrypt: Remove VLA usage

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 07:57:28PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> allocates the return code buffers before starting jiffie timers, rather
> than using stack space for the array. Additionally cleans up some exit
> paths and make sure that the num_mb module_param() is used only once
> per execution to avoid possible races in the value changing.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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