Avoid a VLA[1] by using a real constant expression instead of a variable. The compiler should be able to optimize the original code and avoid using an actual VLA. Anyway this change is useful because it will avoid a false positive with -Wvla, it might also help the compiler generating better code.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621 Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesorac...@gmail.com> --- fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c index c801edd..41ef356 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c @@ -2332,8 +2332,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh, bool dio) { - const int namelen = OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN + OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN; - char name[namelen + 1]; + char name[OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN + OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN + 1]; struct ocfs2_dinode *orphan_fe; int status = 0; struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result lookup = { NULL, }; -- 1.9.1
