Hi Gustavo,
On 7 March 2018 at 19:54, Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In preparation to enabling -Wvla, remove VLA and replace it
> with a fixed-length array instead. Also, remove variable 'len'.
>
What is the reason behind adding -Wvla? Is there a thread some that I
can read up on?
> Notice that no new IDs have been added in seven years.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
> index d24f4cd..0cd0d2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
> @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ static void probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus, u8 addr)
> .addr = addr,
> .name = name};
> /* check vendor id and device id */
> - const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x92, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
> - u8 tmp[len];
> + const u8 id[4] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x92, 0x31};
> + u8 tmp[4];
>
> - if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, len) || memcmp(id, tmp, len))
> + if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, 4) || memcmp(id, tmp, 4))
Generally, hard coding a bunch of numbers like that makes for
confusing and fragile code.
A lot simpler and more obvious solution is like the following.
It silences the compiler warning (-Wvla - pedantic) you while keeping
the original clarity.
const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x92, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
- u8 tmp[len];
+ u8 tmp[ARRAY_SIZE(id)]; // Using len causes a Wvla warning
HTH
Emil
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