Re: [PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: Clear VLA warning

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On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Tobin C. Harding" <me@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1].  The
>> array here is fixed (declared with a const variable) but it appears
>> like VLA to the compiler.  We can use a pre-processor define to quiet
>> the compiler.
>>
>> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> The name of this constant may need changing, there is already a
>> pre-processor constant VCHIQ_MAX_SERVICES
>
> Maybe just use ARRAY_SIZE(local_max_services) and not have the #define?

I think you mean ARRAY_SIZE(service_data) ? In that case, yeah, it
seems like a raw "64" for the array size can be used instead.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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