From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB96C4338F for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 05:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 820586109F for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 05:17:23 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 820586109F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.alibaba.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GcqBp0TWBz3dCX for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 15:17:22 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=linux.alibaba.com (client-ip=115.124.30.42; helo=out30-42.freemail.mail.aliyun.com; envelope-from=xianting.tian@linux.alibaba.com; receiver=) Received: from out30-42.freemail.mail.aliyun.com (out30-42.freemail.mail.aliyun.com [115.124.30.42]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GcqBQ4NNMz307j for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 15:17:01 +1000 (AEST) X-Alimail-AntiSpam: AC=PASS; BC=-1|-1; BR=01201311R131e4; CH=green; DM=||false|; DS=||; FP=0|-1|-1|-1|0|-1|-1|-1; HT=e01e01424; MF=xianting.tian@linux.alibaba.com; NM=1; PH=DS; RN=8; SR=0; TI=SMTPD_---0Uha9Xo1_1627795016; Received: from localhost(mailfrom:xianting.tian@linux.alibaba.com fp:SMTPD_---0Uha9Xo1_1627795016) by smtp.aliyun-inc.com(127.0.0.1); Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:16:57 +0800 From: Xianting Tian To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jirislaby@kernel.org, amit@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de Subject: [PATCH 2/2] virtio-console: remove unnecessary kmemdup() Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 13:16:55 +0800 Message-Id: <20210801051655.79048-1-xianting.tian@linux.alibaba.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Xianting Tian , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" hvc framework will never pass stack memory to the put_chars() function, So the calling of kmemdup() is unnecessary, remove it. Fixes: c4baad5029 ("virtio-console: avoid DMA from stack") Signed-off-by: Xianting Tian --- drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index 7eaf303a7..4ed3ffb1d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -1117,8 +1117,6 @@ static int put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count) { struct port *port; struct scatterlist sg[1]; - void *data; - int ret; if (unlikely(early_put_chars)) return early_put_chars(vtermno, buf, count); @@ -1127,14 +1125,8 @@ static int put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count) if (!port) return -EPIPE; - data = kmemdup(buf, count, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!data) - return -ENOMEM; - - sg_init_one(sg, data, count); - ret = __send_to_port(port, sg, 1, count, data, false); - kfree(data); - return ret; + sg_init_one(sg, buf, count); + return __send_to_port(port, sg, 1, count, (void *)buf, false); } /* -- 2.17.1