Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] mdio-mux-gpio: Remove VLA usage

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Joe Perches [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 15:09 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:

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In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
allocates the values buffer during the callback instead of putting it
on the stack.

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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c

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@@ -44,15 +44,21 @@ static int mdio_mux_gpio_switch_fn(int current_child, int desired_child,
 static int mdio_mux_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {

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+     s = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*s->values) * gpios->ndescs +
+                                  sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);

Isn't this supposed to use your new struct_size()

Why yes. Yes it is. :) When treewide changes meet in the night! :)
I'll send a v4.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security