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

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 02:33:02 EST


On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 09:44:27PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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?

David Miller.

Does it cleanly apply to net-next?

Andrew