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Subject[PATCH] reduce stack in cpqarray.c::ida_ioctl()
Hi,

This patch to 2.5.66 reduces stack usage in ida_ioctl() by about
0x500 bytes (on x86).

There is a possibility that the allocation here should be done one time
only and the buffer pointer saved for re-use instead of allocating it
on each call to ida_ioctl. If that's desirable, I'll have a few
questions.

Comments on the patch?

Thanks,
--
~Randy


patch_name: cpqarray-stack.patch
patch_version: 2003-04-02.21:10:01
author: Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>
description: reduce stack in block/cqparray.c::ida_ioctl()
from 0x550 to 0x48;
product: Linux
product_versions: linux-2566
changelog: allocate and free <ida_ioctl_t>
maintainer: Steve Cameron: arrays@hp.com, steve.cameron@hp.com
diffstat: =
drivers/block/cpqarray.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff -Naur ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c%IDAIOC ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c
--- ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c%IDAIOC 2003-03-24 14:00:03.000000000 -0800
+++ ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c 2003-04-02 20:05:57.000000000 -0800
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
int diskinfo[4];
struct hd_geometry *geo = (struct hd_geometry *)arg;
ida_ioctl_t *io = (ida_ioctl_t*)arg;
- ida_ioctl_t my_io;
+ ida_ioctl_t *my_io;

switch(cmd) {
case HDIO_GETGEO:
@@ -1046,11 +1046,19 @@
return 0;
case IDAPASSTHRU:
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM;
- if (copy_from_user(&my_io, io, sizeof(my_io)))
- return -EFAULT;
- error = ida_ctlr_ioctl(ctlr, dsk, &my_io);
- if (error) return error;
- return copy_to_user(io, &my_io, sizeof(my_io)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+ my_io = kmalloc(sizeof(ida_ioctl_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!my_io)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ if (copy_from_user(my_io, io, sizeof(*my_io))) {
+ error = -EFAULT;
+ goto iocfree;
+ }
+ error = ida_ctlr_ioctl(ctlr, dsk, my_io);
+ if (error) goto iocfree;
+ error = copy_to_user(io, my_io, sizeof(*my_io)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+ iocfree:
+ kfree(my_io);
+ return error;
case IDAGETCTLRSIG:
if (!arg) return -EINVAL;
put_user(hba[ctlr]->ctlr_sig, (int*)arg);
-
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