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* [PATCH] block: removes dynamic allocation on stack
@ 2013-03-25 22:10 Philip J. Kelleher
  2013-03-26  1:22 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Philip J. Kelleher @ 2013-03-25 22:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: axboe; +Cc: linux-kernel, klebers

From: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

This patch removes dynamic allocation on the stack error.

Signed-off-by: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


diff -uprN -X linux-block/Documentation/dontdiff linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c
--- linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-03-25 14:44:40.898978713 -0500
+++ linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-03-25 14:50:48.054969658 -0500
@@ -986,7 +986,10 @@ void rsxx_eeh_save_issued_dmas(struct rs
 	int j;
 	int cnt;
 	struct rsxx_dma *dma;
-	struct list_head issued_dmas[card->n_targets];
+	struct list_head *issued_dmas;
+
+	issued_dmas = kzalloc(sizeof(*issued_dmas) * card->n_targets,
+			      GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < card->n_targets; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&issued_dmas[i]);
@@ -1025,6 +1028,8 @@ void rsxx_eeh_save_issued_dmas(struct rs
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&card->ctrl[i].queue_lock);
 	}
+
+	kfree(issued_dmas);
 }
 
 void rsxx_eeh_cancel_dmas(struct rsxx_cardinfo *card)


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* Re: [PATCH] block: removes dynamic allocation on stack
  2013-03-25 22:10 [PATCH] block: removes dynamic allocation on stack Philip J. Kelleher
@ 2013-03-26  1:22 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2013-03-26  1:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Philip J. Kelleher; +Cc: linux-kernel, klebers

On Mon, Mar 25 2013, Philip J. Kelleher wrote:
> From: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> This patch removes dynamic allocation on the stack error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> diff -uprN -X linux-block/Documentation/dontdiff linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c
> --- linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-03-25 14:44:40.898978713 -0500
> +++ linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-03-25 14:50:48.054969658 -0500
> @@ -986,7 +986,10 @@ void rsxx_eeh_save_issued_dmas(struct rs
>  	int j;
>  	int cnt;
>  	struct rsxx_dma *dma;
> -	struct list_head issued_dmas[card->n_targets];
> +	struct list_head *issued_dmas;

Ahem - thanks, applied :-)

-- 
Jens Axboe


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