[PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Remove VLA usage
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Fri Jun 29 20:47:31 UTC 2018
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> switches to using a kasprintf()ed buffer. Return paths are updated
> to free the allocation.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c | 7 +++++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--------
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
This seems fine, though using a fixed-length string is probably just
as well here,
given that the 'fwname' variable is always set to the constant string
"a530_zap.mdt"
at the moment, which is not very long.
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
Arnd
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