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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:42:48 +0100
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: drop a VLA in btrfs_check_super_csum()
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 08:50:22PM +0100, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
> Avoid a VLA[1] by using a real constant expression instead of a variable.
> The compiler should be able to optimize the original code and avoid using
> an actual VLA. Anyway this change is useful because it will avoid a false
> positive with -Wvla, it might also help the compiler generating better
> code.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>
> Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
We already have a patch for that from a few days ago, but thanks anyway.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10277901/
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