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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] mac80211: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from mac80211
On 03/07/14 17:56, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 17:26 -0800, behanw@converseincode.com wrote:
>> From: Jan-Simon Möller <dl9pf@gmx.de>
>>
>> Replaced the use of a Variable Length Array In Struct (VLAIS) with a C99
>> compliant equivalent. This is the original VLAIS struct.
> []
>> diff --git a/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c b/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c
> []
>> @@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ void ieee80211_aes_ccm_encrypt(struct crypto_aead *tfm, u8 *b_0, u8 *aad,
>> u8 *data, size_t data_len, u8 *mic)
>> {
>> struct scatterlist assoc, pt, ct[2];
>> - struct {
>> - struct aead_request req;
>> - u8 priv[crypto_aead_reqsize(tfm)];
>> - } aead_req;
>>
>> - memset(&aead_req, 0, sizeof(aead_req));
>> + char aead_req_data[sizeof(struct aead_request) +
>> + crypto_aead_reqsize(tfm) +
>> + CRYPTO_MINALIGN] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR;
> Can this be a too large amount of stack?
>
> Is crypto_aead_reqsize() limited to < ~1k?
>
> Perhaps it'd be better to use kzalloc for this
> or another reserved pool
No more stack being used than with the the original code. The stack
memory use is identical.

Behan

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