Re: [PATCH] mtd: sa1100: avoid VLA in sa1100_setup_mtd

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:16 AM Boris Brezillon
<boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:44:50 +0200
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Enabling -Wvla found another variable-length array with randconfig
> > testing:
> >
> > drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c: In function 'sa1100_setup_mtd':
> > drivers/mtd/maps/sa1100-flash.c:224:10: error: ISO C90 forbids variable length array 'cdev' [-Werror=vla]
> >
> > As far as I can tell, there is an upper bound on the number of resources
> > that can be passed, based on the number of CS lines on the bus.
> > In practice, all boards we support have either one or two resources,
> > but using six to be on the safe side has no extra cost.
>
> Why not dynamically allocate cdev instead? That removes any kind of
> guessing on the max value, and it shouldn't hurt much since this code is
> in the probe path.

Fine with me as well, If you prefer that one, please just add
Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

       Arnd