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Message-ID: <CAJHCu1LmixGLhpsp39yxcU=XEzWARZyYjYPAz5R=sG2YK=QHMg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:08:01 +0100
From: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, 
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: drop some VLAs in switch.c

2018-03-14 13:48 GMT+01:00 Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>:
> 2018-03-14 12:24 GMT+01:00 David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>:
>> Isn't using DECLARE_BITMAP() completely OTT when the maximum size is less
>> than the number of bits in a word?
>
> It allocates ceiling(size/8) "unsigned long"s, so yes.

Actually I meant ceiling(size/8/sizeof(unsigned long))
I'm sorry for the typo.

Salvatore

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