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Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 00:12:10 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv8] gpio: Remove VLA from gpiolib
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 12:05 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 10:07 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 8:53 PM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
>>> + bits = mask + BITS_TO_LONGS(chip->ngpio);
>>> + memset(mask, 0, BITS_TO_LONGS(chip->ngpio) * sizeof(*mask));
>>
>> Wouldn't be better
>>
>> bitmap_zero(mask, chip->ngpio);
>>
>> ?
>
> chip->ngpio is never const, so bitmap_zero() would always fall back to
> plain memset().
Yes. But it also much more readable and understandable here.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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