Re: [PATCH] btrfs: raid56: Remove VLA usage

From: David Sterba
Date: Wed May 30 2018 - 11:17:51 EST


On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 04:44:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> allocates the working buffers during regular init, instead of using stack
> space. This refactors the allocation code a bit to make it easier
> to review.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>

Queued for 4.18, thanks.