o the kmalloc-ed
memory buffer using macros. The previous patch required multiple kmalloc and
kfree calls.
Signed-off-by: Mark Charlebois
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster
This one uses macros and carves up a single piece of memory from one
kmalloc.
Behan
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adget driver.
This version has been tested to compile cleanly.
Signed-off-by: Mark Charlebois
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster
This is the fixed patch which was sent to Andrzej Pietrasiewicz.
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On 09/23/13 16:24, Felipe Balbi wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 09:35:44PM -0400, beh...@converseincode.com wrote:
From: Behan Webster
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instanc
an certainly do that instead.
I believe I already have a version of the patch which does just that
(without using macros). I will post it for comment.
Thanks,
Behan
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On 09/23/13 14:30, Felipe Balbi wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 08:07:11PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote:
Replying to my patch email just in case it was missed before.
I remember there was a discussion of not dropping variable length array
support, wasn't there ?
There was mostly an obje
Replying to my patch email just in case it was missed before.
Thanks,
Behan
On 08/01/13 21:35, beh...@converseincode.com wrote:
From: Behan Webster
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS
On 12-12-04 11:24 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 07:57:33PM +0100, Behan Webster wrote:
However, in order to approximate what gcc is doing in code, obviously
some math is required. The thought was that macros would hide the
worst of it, trying not to obfuscate what
trying to get the toolchain from one working with the code
from the other. The LLVMLinux project isn't trying to replace, nor
break gcc (in fact all the project's kernel patches are tested with gcc
as well). The idea is to bring another toolchain and set of tools to the
table and th
On 12-10-31 09:28 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
hi,
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 05:18:56PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote:
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
Clang compiler). This
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
Clang compiler). This patch instead calculates offsets into the kmalloc-ed
memory buffer using macros from valign.h.
Signed-off-by:
ign.h.
Patch from series at
http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20120507/142707.html
by PaX Team.
Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Möller
Cc: pagee...@freemail.hu
[Modified to use macros from valign.h]
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster
---
net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h |
er of memory
taking into account alignment issues.
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster
---
include/linux/valign.h | 87
1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/linux/valign.h
diff --git a/include/linux/valign.h b/include/linux/val
ce of using the Clang compiler
toolchain. This is a part of a series of patches which remove the use of VLAIS
from crypto code, dm-crypt, jbd2, libcrc32c, netfilter, and usb gadget. Other
patches to allow Clang to be used to compile the Linux kernel will follow.
Behan Webster (2):
Helper macros use
On 12-10-30 03:20 PM, Greg KH wrote:
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 02:25:19PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote:
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
Clang compiler). This new header
er of memory
taking into account alignment issues.
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster
---
include/linux/valign.h | 87
1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/linux/valign.h
diff --git a/include/linux/valign.h b/include/linux/val
The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
Clang compiler). This patch instead calculates offsets into the kmalloc-ed
memory buffer using macros from valign.h.
Signed-off-by:
Clang compiler
toolchain. This is a part of a series of patches which remove the use of VLAIS
from crypto code, dm-crypt, jbd2, libcrc32c, netfilter, and usb gadget. Other
patches to allow Clang to be used will follow.
Behan Webster (2):
Helper macros used for replacing the use of VLAIS
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