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From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/msi: Remove VLA usage
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Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
>> switches from an unchanging variable to a constant expression to eliminate
>> the VLA generation.
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> Friendly ping! Michael, can you take this?

Yep, sorry. I actually applied it weeks ago but hadn't pushed.

cheers