The new challenge is to remove VLAs from the kernel (see https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621) This patch replaces a VLA with an appropriate call to kmalloc_array. Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c index f8d7d1cd8488..b7854850bcdb 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c @@ -369,10 +369,14 @@ static irqreturn_t stmpe_gpio_irq(int irq, void *dev) struct stmpe *stmpe = stmpe_gpio->stmpe; u8 statmsbreg; int num_banks = DIV_ROUND_UP(stmpe->num_gpios, 8); - u8 status[num_banks]; + u8 *status; int ret; int i; + status = kmalloc_array(num_banks, sizeof(*status), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!status) + return IRQ_NONE; + /* * the stmpe_block_read() call below, imposes to set statmsbreg * with the register located at the lowest address. As STMPE1600 @@ -424,6 +428,7 @@ static irqreturn_t stmpe_gpio_irq(int irq, void *dev) } } + kfree(status); return IRQ_HANDLED; } -- 2.14.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html