Re: [PATCH libcrypto 1/2] array_size: introduce min_array_size() function decoration

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> I wouldn't call that "asked for".
> 
> It was more a musing on how random that "static" syntax is and it's
> likely incomprehensible to a lot of people - but also pointing out
> that we already do have users of it, and saying that maybe it won't be
> incomprehensible once we have a lot of users.
> 
> So I'm definitely not pushing for it.
> 
> But I do suspect it makes people understand what the code does more...

Actually there is one reason for using a macro instead of static
directly, sparse still seems to choke on a non-static value for
static:

int foo(int n, int a[static n])
{
        return a[0]++;
}

This compiles correctly with gcc and clang, but sparse chokes on it:

a.c:1:29: error: undefined identifier 'n'
a.c:1:29: error: bad constant expression type

I was trying to use it in crypto/ecc.c where the arrays are
defined as ECC_MAX_DIGITS, but only the first ndigits are valid.

Cheers,
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