n_ready will always be less than or equal to MAX_MAILBOXES. So we avoid a VLA[1] and use fixed-length arrays instead. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621 Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/eata.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/eata.c b/drivers/scsi/eata.c index 6501c33..202cd17 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/eata.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/eata.c @@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ static int reorder(struct hostdata *ha, unsigned long cursec, unsigned int k, n; unsigned int rev = 0, s = 1, r = 1; unsigned int input_only = 1, overlap = 0; - unsigned long sl[n_ready], pl[n_ready], ll[n_ready]; + unsigned long sl[MAX_MAILBOXES], pl[MAX_MAILBOXES], ll[MAX_MAILBOXES]; unsigned long maxsec = 0, minsec = ULONG_MAX, seek = 0, iseek = 0; unsigned long ioseek = 0; -- 1.9.1