On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:00:28AM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote: > > The new challenge is to remove VLAs from the kernel > (see https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621) > > This patch replaces several a VLA with an appropriate call to > kmalloc_array. > > Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Lukas Wunner <[email protected]> This one isn't a hotpath, so the kmalloc overhead is negligible. Did a quick test on a single-chip MAX31913 with no apparent issues. > --- > v2: No changes > --- > drivers/gpio/gpio-max3191x.c | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max3191x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max3191x.c > index f74b1072e84b..b5b9cb1fda50 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max3191x.c > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max3191x.c > @@ -315,12 +315,17 @@ static void > gpiod_set_array_single_value_cansleep(unsigned int ndescs, > struct gpio_desc **desc, > int value) > { > - int i, values[ndescs]; > + int i, *values; > + > + values = kmalloc_array(ndescs, sizeof(*values), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!values) > + return; > > for (i = 0; i < ndescs; i++) > values[i] = value; > > gpiod_set_array_value_cansleep(ndescs, desc, values); > + kfree(values); > } > > static struct gpio_descs *devm_gpiod_get_array_optional_count( > -- > 2.14.3 >
