* [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
@ 2018-03-09 13:23 Andreas Christoforou
2018-03-09 13:29 ` Joe Perches
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Christoforou @ 2018-03-09 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: keescook
Cc: kernel-hardening, Andreas Christoforou, QCA ath9k Development,
Kalle Valo, linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
This is the correct patch.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
index 6fee9a4..eeb77f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static bool ath9k_check_chirping(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 *data,
int datalen, bool is_ctl, bool is_ext)
{
int i;
- int max_bin[FFT_NUM_SAMPLES];
+ int max_bin[NUM_DIFFS + 1];
struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
int prev_delta;
--
2.7.4
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* Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
2018-03-09 13:23 [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage Andreas Christoforou
@ 2018-03-09 13:29 ` Joe Perches
2018-03-09 15:42 ` Rosen Penev
2018-03-09 13:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-03-09 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2018-03-09 13:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Christoforou, keescook
Cc: kernel-hardening, QCA ath9k Development, Kalle Valo,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 15:23 +0200, Andreas Christoforou wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
> This is the correct patch.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
[]
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static bool ath9k_check_chirping(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 *data,
> int datalen, bool is_ctl, bool is_ext)
> {
> int i;
> - int max_bin[FFT_NUM_SAMPLES];
> + int max_bin[NUM_DIFFS + 1];
> struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
> struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
> int prev_delta;
why not just change FFT_NUM_SAMPLES to a #define
or get rid if FFT_NUM_SAMPLES altogether?
$ git grep -w FFT_NUM_SAMPLES
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c:static const int FFT_NUM_SAMPLES = (NUM_DIFFS + 1);
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: int max_bin[FFT_NUM_SAMPLES];
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: if (num_fft_packets < (FFT_NUM_SAMPLES)) {
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: for (i = 0; i < FFT_NUM_SAMPLES; i++)
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: if (num_fft_packets < (FFT_NUM_SAMPLES)) {
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: for (i = 0; i < FFT_NUM_SAMPLES; i++)
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* Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
2018-03-09 13:23 [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage Andreas Christoforou
2018-03-09 13:29 ` Joe Perches
@ 2018-03-09 13:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-03-09 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2018-03-09 13:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Christoforou, keescook
Cc: kernel-hardening, QCA ath9k Development, Kalle Valo,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
On 03/09/2018 05:23 AM, Andreas Christoforou wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
>
> This is the correct patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com>
This is a lazy changelog really.
'This is the correct patch' has no technical value.
What is VLA ? Sure, _now_ its pretty clear since we have floods of
these patches, but...
In one or two years, people reading it will not understand the logic of
this patch.
I had to look at the source to understand what was going on, and that is
not a good sign for a trivial patch like that.
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* Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
2018-03-09 13:23 [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage Andreas Christoforou
@ 2018-03-09 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
2018-03-09 13:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-03-09 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2018-03-09 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Christoforou
Cc: keescook, kernel-hardening, QCA ath9k Development,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com> writes:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
>
> This is the correct patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com>
Please use versioning in the patches:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#patch_version_missing
--
Kalle Valo
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* Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
@ 2018-03-09 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2018-03-09 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Christoforou
Cc: keescook, kernel-hardening, QCA ath9k Development,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel
Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com> writes:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
>
> This is the correct patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@gmail.com>
Please use versioning in the patches:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#patch_version_missing
--
Kalle Valo
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: ath: ath9k: dfs: remove VLA usage
2018-03-09 13:29 ` Joe Perches
@ 2018-03-09 15:42 ` Rosen Penev
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rosen Penev @ 2018-03-09 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joe Perches
Cc: Andreas Christoforou, keescook, kernel-hardening,
QCA ath9k Development, Kalle Valo, linux-wireless, netdev,
linux-kernel
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 5:29 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 15:23 +0200, Andreas Christoforou wrote:
>> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed.
>> This is the correct patch.
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c
> []
>> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static bool ath9k_check_chirping(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 *data,
>> int datalen, bool is_ctl, bool is_ext)
>> {
>> int i;
>> - int max_bin[FFT_NUM_SAMPLES];
>> + int max_bin[NUM_DIFFS + 1];
>> struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
>> struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
>> int prev_delta;
>
> why not just change FFT_NUM_SAMPLES to a #define
> or get rid if FFT_NUM_SAMPLES altogether?
>
I did the former yesterday. Never submitted.
> $ git grep -w FFT_NUM_SAMPLES
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c:static const int FFT_NUM_SAMPLES = (NUM_DIFFS + 1);
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: int max_bin[FFT_NUM_SAMPLES];
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: if (num_fft_packets < (FFT_NUM_SAMPLES)) {
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: for (i = 0; i < FFT_NUM_SAMPLES; i++)
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: if (num_fft_packets < (FFT_NUM_SAMPLES)) {
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dfs.c: for (i = 0; i < FFT_NUM_SAMPLES; i++)
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