From: Jan-Simon Möller <dl...@gmx.de> The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the Clang compiler). This patch instead allocates the appropriate amount of memory using an char array.
Patch from series at http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20120507/142707.html by PaX Team. Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Möller <dl...@gmx.de> Cc: pagee...@freemail.hu [Use shash_desc_ctx() to calculate address of ctx] Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <beh...@converseincode.com> --- lib/libcrc32c.c | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libcrc32c.c b/lib/libcrc32c.c index 244f548..c155b3f 100644 --- a/lib/libcrc32c.c +++ b/lib/libcrc32c.c @@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ static struct crypto_shash *tfm; u32 crc32c(u32 crc, const void *address, unsigned int length) { - struct { - struct shash_desc shash; - char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(tfm)]; - } desc; + char desc[sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(tfm) + + CRYPTO_MINALIGN] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR; + struct shash_desc *shash = (struct shash_desc *)desc; + u32 *ctx = (u32 *)shash_desc_ctx(shash); int err; - desc.shash.tfm = tfm; - desc.shash.flags = 0; - *(u32 *)desc.ctx = crc; + shash->tfm = tfm; + shash->flags = 0; + *ctx = crc; - err = crypto_shash_update(&desc.shash, address, length); + err = crypto_shash_update(shash, address, length); BUG_ON(err); - return *(u32 *)desc.ctx; + return *ctx; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(crc32c); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
