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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 14:06:03 -0700
From: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs
There's an ongoing effort to remove VLAs from the kernel
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621) to eventually turn on -Wvla.
The uses in dmatest are bounded by a check to make sure they fit
in a u8 so use that as an upper bound.
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
---
drivers/dma/dmatest.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index 80cc2be6483c..dcf787b173e4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
&& !(params->iterations && total_tests >= params->iterations)) {
struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
struct dmaengine_unmap_data *um;
- dma_addr_t srcs[src_cnt];
+ /* total buffer count must fit into u8 */
+ dma_addr_t srcs[255];
dma_addr_t *dsts;
unsigned int src_off, dst_off, len;
@@ -669,7 +670,8 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
srcs, src_cnt,
len, flags);
else if (thread->type == DMA_PQ) {
- dma_addr_t dma_pq[dst_cnt];
+ /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
+ dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];
for (i = 0; i < dst_cnt; i++)
dma_pq[i] = dsts[i] + dst_off;
--
2.14.3
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