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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 05:34:36 -0800
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>, keescook@...omium.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
 QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>,
 Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage



On 03/09/2018 05:23 AM, Andreas Christoforou wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
> 
> This is the correct patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>

This is a lazy changelog really.

'This is the correct patch' has no technical value.

What is VLA  ? Sure, _now_ its pretty clear since we have floods of 
these patches, but...

In one or two years, people reading it will not understand the logic of 
this patch.

I had to look at the source to understand what was going on, and that is 
not a good sign for a trivial patch like that.

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