As suggested by Laura Abbott[2], I'm resending my patch with MAX_BLOCKSIZE and MAX_ALIGNMASK defined in an header, so they can be used in other places. I take this opportuinuty to deal with some other VLAs not handled in the old patch. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4e536889-439a-49e6-dd95-2d4286913202@xxxxxxxxxx Salvatore Mesoraca (6): crypto: api - laying macros for statically allocated buffers crypto: ctr - avoid VLA use crypto: api - avoid VLA use crypto: pcbc - avoid VLA use crypto: cts - avoid VLA use crypto: cfb - avoid VLA use crypto/cfb.c | 14 ++++++++++---- crypto/cipher.c | 7 ++++++- crypto/ctr.c | 13 +++++++++++-- crypto/cts.c | 8 ++++++-- crypto/internal.h | 8 ++++++++ crypto/pcbc.c | 9 +++++++-- 6 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) -- 1.9.1