Re: [PATCH v2] mdio-mux-gpio: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 00:44:35 EST


On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 01:48:30PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
>> moves the allocation into struct mdio_mux_gpio_state during probe.
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: allocate array as part of structure (Andrew Lunn)
>
> Hi Kees
>
> This looks much better, thanks.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Thanks! Who can take this patch? Linus?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security