Messages in this thread | | | From | Kees Cook <> | Date | Wed, 2 May 2018 05:36:08 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: Avoid VLA usage |
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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 1:54 AM, Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com> wrote: > Hi Kees, > > On 01-05-2018 22:01, Kees Cook wrote: >> In the quest to remove all stack VLAs from the kernel[1], this switches >> the "status" stack buffer to use the existing small (8) upper bound on >> how many queues can be checked for DMA, and adds a sanity-check just to >> make sure it doesn't operate under pathological conditions. >> >> [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lkml.kernel.org_r_CA-2B55aFzCG-2DzNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC-3DqPXydAacU1RqZWA-40mail.gmail.com&d=DwIBAg&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=WHDsc6kcWAl4i96Vm5hJ_19IJiuxx_p_Rzo2g-uHDKw&m=TBD6a7UY2VbpPmV9LOW_eHAyg8uPq1ZPDhq93VROTVE&s=4fvOST1HhWmZ4lThQe-dHCJYEXNOwey00BCXOWm8tKo&e= >> >> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> >> > > I rather prefer the variables declaration in reverse-tree order, > but thats just a minor pick.
I can explicitly reorder the other variables, if you want?
> Reviewed-by: Jose Abreu <joabreu@synopsys.com>
Thanks!
> PS: Is VLA warning switch in gcc already active? Because I didn't > see this warning in my builds.
It is not. A bunch of people have been building with KCFLAGS=-Wvla to find the VLAs and sending patches. Once we get rid of them all, we can add the flag to the top-level Makefile.
-Kees
-- Kees Cook Pixel Security
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