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Date: Mon,  9 Apr 2018 14:07:32 -0700
From: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To: Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [PATCH] misc: tifm: Remove VLA

There's an ongoing effort to remove VLAs[1] from the kernel to eventually
turn on -Wvla. The single VLA can either take a value of 2 or 4 so switch
to the upper bound.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621

Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c b/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c
index e5f108713dd8..690eaaea5ce4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ static int tifm_7xx1_resume(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	unsigned int good_sockets = 0, bad_sockets = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned char new_ids[fm->num_sockets];
+	/* Maximum number of entries is 4 */
+	unsigned char new_ids[4];
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(finish_resume);
 
 	pci_set_power_state(dev, PCI_D0);
-- 
2.14.3

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