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Message-ID: <e2991519fb007653c35bf52210af36b9@codeaurora.org> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:19:16 -0400 From: okaya@...eaurora.org To: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, dmaengine-owner@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs On 2018-04-09 19:14, Laura Abbott wrote: > On 04/09/2018 03:48 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote: >> On 4/9/2018 5:06 PM, Laura Abbott wrote: >>> + /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */ >>> + dma_addr_t dma_pq[255]; >> >> This is 2k stack space on 64 bit architectures. Isn't that a lot? >> > > Depends on your definition of 'a lot'. My assumption was that > since this was a test module there would be some willingness > to be a bit more generous. The problem is the array size is > based off of the parameters passed in, although oddly enough > it's based off of the minimum of two variables. If you have > a suggestion for a tighter bound we can use that. Another > option is to just switch to allocating the array with kmalloc. > That might be reasonable here since there's other setup > that happens before the test starts. I think allocation is a better choice. > > Thanks, > Laura > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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