Re: [PATCH] of: unittest: Remove VLA stack usage

From: Rob Herring
Date: Sun Mar 18 2018 - 08:58:00 EST


On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 03:27:23PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1]. This is a
> test function so the execution speed is not critical. We can allocate
> memory for this buffer instead of using a VLA. If kmalloc() fails just
> return.
>
> Allocate buffer with kmalloc().
>
> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Kees is this annoying you, CC'ing you an all my VLA patches?
>
> drivers/of/unittest.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied.

Rob