Re: [PATCH 00/16] dyn_array and nr_irqs support v2

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The interesting implication of this is that if you have the right hardware
> and are absolutely loopy you can have more interrupt sources than can
> be described in a 32bit unsigned int, and certainly more than any sane person
> would allocate in a statically sized array.

Yes, I'm quite convinced that the statically sized array is a bad idea.

	-hpa
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