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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:57:52 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>,
Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>,
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org,
QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] ath9k: dfs: Remove VLA usage
In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
redefines FFT_NUM_SAMPLES as a #define instead of const int, which still
triggers gcc's VLA checking pass.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
Co-developed-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
v3: replace FFT_NUM_SAMPLES as a #define (Joe)
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
index 6fee9a464cce..e6e56a925121 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ static const int BIN_DELTA_MIN = 1;
static const int BIN_DELTA_MAX = 10;
/* we need at least 3 deltas / 4 samples for a reliable chirp detection */
-#define NUM_DIFFS 3
-static const int FFT_NUM_SAMPLES = (NUM_DIFFS + 1);
+#define NUM_DIFFS 3
+#define FFT_NUM_SAMPLES (NUM_DIFFS + 1)
/* Threshold for difference of delta peaks */
static const int MAX_DIFF = 2;
--
2.7.4
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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