With gcc 7.3.0: arch/m68k/atari/config.c: In function ‘atari_switches_setup’: arch/m68k/atari/config.c:151:2: warning: ISO C90 forbids variable length array ‘switches’ [-Wvla] char switches[strlen(str) + 1]; ^~~~ Replace the variable size by the maximum kernel command line size (512 bytes), which is an upper limit for all suboptions. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/m68k/atari/config.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/m68k/atari/config.c b/arch/m68k/atari/config.c index bd96702a1ad09773..4fcc4b1df1c0f2b4 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/atari/config.c +++ b/arch/m68k/atari/config.c @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int __init atari_parse_bootinfo(const struct bi_record *record) /* Parse the Atari-specific switches= option. */ static int __init atari_switches_setup(char *str) { - char switches[strlen(str) + 1]; + char switches[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE]; char *p; int ovsc_shift; char *args = switches; -- 2.17.1