Replace a variable length array in a struct by allocating the memory for the entire struct in a char array on the stack. Signed-off-by: Michael Davidson <md@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid10.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c index 063c43d83b72..158ebdff782c 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid10.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c @@ -4654,11 +4654,10 @@ static int handle_reshape_read_error(struct mddev *mddev, /* Use sync reads to get the blocks from somewhere else */ int sectors = r10_bio->sectors; struct r10conf *conf = mddev->private; - struct { - struct r10bio r10_bio; - struct r10dev devs[conf->copies]; - } on_stack; - struct r10bio *r10b = &on_stack.r10_bio; + char on_stack_r10_bio[sizeof(struct r10bio) + + conf->copies * sizeof(struct r10dev)] + __aligned(__alignof__(struct r10bio)); + struct r10bio *r10b = (struct r10bio *)on_stack_r10_bio; int slot = 0; int idx = 0; struct bio_vec *bvec = r10_bio->master_bio->bi_io_vec; -- 2.12.0.367.g23dc2f6d3c-goog