Re: [PATCHv2] platform/x86: panasonic-laptop: simplify allocation of sinf

[Ilpo Järvinen]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:

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> On 3/31/26 09:02, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:45:25 -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> > 
> > > Change to a flexible array member to allocate once instead of twice.
> > > 
> > > Allows using __counted_by for extra runtime analysis. Move the counting
> > > variable assignment to right after allocation as required by
> > > __counted_by.
> 
> This is misinformation and should be phrased differently[1]

Okay. I'll drop the patch for now.

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 i.

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> -Gustavo
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> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/37378f49-437f-438b-ad6c-d60480feb306@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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> > > 
> > > Remove + 1 to allocation. It's already done in the previous line.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
> > review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
> > platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
> > local branch there, which might take a while.
> > 
> > The list of commits applied:
> > [1/1] platform/x86: panasonic-laptop: simplify allocation of sinf
> >        commit: e75869527c720c4ed1458cfbe25e92186950e43a
> > 
> > --
> >   i.
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> > 
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