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On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in an lkml discussion[1] it was mentioned that variable-length arrays
> should not be used. Few warnings were found[2] from wireless:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c:104:2: warning: ISO C90 forbids variable length array 'max_bin' [-Wvla]
> drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio.c:570:2: warning: ISO C90 forbids variable length array 'temp_buf' [-Wvla]
>
> Patches welcome.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> [2] http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/srQxwPQS9s/
>

I will submit a cleanup patch for RSI warning

Regards,
Amitkumar Karwar



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