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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:05:49 +1100
From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Cc: Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vchiq_arm: Clear VLA warning
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 06:58:04AM +0100, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Tobin,
>
> > "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc> hat am 12. März 2018 um 06:46 geschrieben:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:37:53PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > > The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1]. The array
> > > here is fixed (declared with a const variable) but it appears like a VLA
> > > to the compiler. Also, currently we are putting 768 bytes on the
> > > stack. This function is only called on the error path so performance is
> > > not critical, let's just allocate the memory instead of using the
> > > stack. This saves stack space and removes the VLA build warning.
> > >
> > > kmalloc a buffer for dumping state instead of using the stack.
> > >
> > > [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>
> > > ---
> >
> > Drop this please, leaks memory.
>
> except from the leak, did you test this patch on a RPi?
No I didn't, but I can have a go at it. Will try before doing v3.
thanks,
Tobin.
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