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[4/4] video: Remove stack VLA usage

Message ID 1520574625-4225-1-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc (mailing list archive)
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Tobin Harding March 9, 2018, 5:50 a.m. UTC
The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1].  The
arrays are fixed here (declared with a const variable) but they appear
like VLAs to the compiler.  We can use a pre-processor define to fix the
warning.  

[1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c |  8 +++++---
 drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c | 11 +++++++----
 drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c | 11 +++++++----
 drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1636.c | 11 +++++++----
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Comments

Joe Perches March 9, 2018, 6:01 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 16:50 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1].  The
> arrays are fixed here (declared with a const variable) but they appear
> like VLAs to the compiler.  We can use a pre-processor define to fix the
> warning.  
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c
[]
> @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
>  
>  static const char *name = "SiI 164 PanelLink Transmitter";
>  
> +/* check vendor id and device id */
> +const u8 id[] = {0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00};

It seems id is now global in multiple places.
Perhaps these should be static.

> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c
[]
> @@ -27,16 +27,19 @@
>  
>  static const char *name = "VT1631 LVDS Transmitter";
>  
> +/* check vendor id and device id */
> +const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x91, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);

etc...
Tobin Harding March 9, 2018, 6:04 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 10:01:07PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 16:50 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > The kernel would like to have all stack VLA usage removed[1].  The
> > arrays are fixed here (declared with a const variable) but they appear
> > like VLAs to the compiler.  We can use a pre-processor define to fix the
> > warning.  
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c
> []
> > @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
> >  
> >  static const char *name = "SiI 164 PanelLink Transmitter";
> >  
> > +/* check vendor id and device id */
> > +const u8 id[] = {0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00};
> 
> It seems id is now global in multiple places.
> Perhaps these should be static.

woops, thanks Joe.  Will fix and re-spin.

> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c
> []
> > @@ -27,16 +27,19 @@
> >  
> >  static const char *name = "VT1631 LVDS Transmitter";
> >  
> > +/* check vendor id and device id */
> > +const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x91, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
> 
> etc...

thanks,
Tobin.
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diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c
index ca1b35f033b1..f715ea4f466c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_sii164.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ 
 
 static const char *name = "SiI 164 PanelLink Transmitter";
 
+/* check vendor id and device id */
+const u8 id[] = {0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00};
+#define VIA_SII164_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(id)
 
 static void probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus, u8 addr)
 {
@@ -34,9 +37,8 @@  static void probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus, u8 addr)
 		.bus	=	bus,
 		.addr	=	addr,
 		.name	=	name};
-	/* check vendor id and device id */
-	const u8 id[] = {0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
-	u8 tmp[len];
+	u8 tmp[VIA_SII164_LEN];
+	int len = VIA_SII164_LEN;
 
 	if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, len) || memcmp(id, tmp, len))
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c
index 06e742f1f723..5bfaa20ec5a8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1631.c
@@ -27,16 +27,19 @@ 
 
 static const char *name = "VT1631 LVDS Transmitter";
 
+/* check vendor id and device id */
+const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x91, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
+#define VIA_VT1631_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(id)
 
 void via_aux_vt1631_probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus)
 {
 	struct via_aux_drv drv = {
 		.bus	=	bus,
 		.addr	=	0x38,
-		.name	=	name};
-	/* check vendor id and device id */
-	const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x91, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
-	u8 tmp[len];
+		.name	=	name
+	};
+	u8 tmp[VIA_VT1631_LEN];
+	int len = VIA_VT1631_LEN;
 
 	if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, len) || memcmp(id, tmp, len))
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
index d24f4cd97401..fcddd761d4a4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1632.c
@@ -27,16 +27,19 @@ 
 
 static const char *name = "VT1632 DVI Transmitter";
 
+/* check vendor id and device id */
+const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x92, 0x31};
+#define VIA_VT1632_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(id)
 
 static void probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus, u8 addr)
 {
 	struct via_aux_drv drv = {
 		.bus	=	bus,
 		.addr	=	addr,
-		.name	=	name};
-	/* check vendor id and device id */
-	const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x92, 0x31}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
-	u8 tmp[len];
+		.name	=	name
+	};
+	u8 tmp[VIA_VT1632_LEN];
+	int len = VIA_VT1632_LEN;
 
 	if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, len) || memcmp(id, tmp, len))
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1636.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1636.c
index 9e015c101d4d..49c9269c7f81 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1636.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/via_aux_vt1636.c
@@ -27,16 +27,19 @@ 
 
 static const char *name = "VT1636 LVDS Transmitter";
 
+/* check vendor id and device id */
+const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x45, 0x33};
+#define VIA_VT1636_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(id)
 
 void via_aux_vt1636_probe(struct via_aux_bus *bus)
 {
 	struct via_aux_drv drv = {
 		.bus	=	bus,
 		.addr	=	0x40,
-		.name	=	name};
-	/* check vendor id and device id */
-	const u8 id[] = {0x06, 0x11, 0x45, 0x33}, len = ARRAY_SIZE(id);
-	u8 tmp[len];
+		.name	=	name
+	};
+	u8 tmp[VIA_VT1636_LEN];
+	int len = VIA_VT1636_LEN;
 
 	if (!via_aux_read(&drv, 0x00, tmp, len) || memcmp(id, tmp, len))
 		return;