Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: Remove VLA usage

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:37:25 +0200

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 05:33:33AM +0900, David Miller wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:10:34 -0700
> 
> > From: Salvatore Mesoraca <[email-masked]>
> > 
> > We avoid 2 VLAs by using a pre-allocated field in dsa_switch. We also
> > try to avoid dynamic allocation whenever possible (when using fewer than
> > bits-per-long ports, which is the common case).
> > 
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=[email-masked]
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email-masked]
> > Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <[email-masked]>
> > [kees: tweak commit subject and message slightly]
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
> 
> Florian and Andrew, please review.

Last time there was some discussion of just always allocating it to
make the code simpler. But the extra complexity is O.K.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>

    Andrew