Re: [PATCH][trivial] mISDN: l1oip - reduce stack memory footprint

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:54:56 +0100
Frank Seidel <fseidel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Frank Seidel <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Applying kernel janitors todos (reduce stack
> footprint where possible) to l1oip mISDN driver.
> (Before 1656 bytes on i386, now 164)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c
> @@ -663,18 +663,28 @@ l1oip_socket_thread(void *data)
>  	struct iovec iov;
>  	mm_segment_t oldfs;
>  	struct sockaddr_in sin_rx;
> -	unsigned char recvbuf[1500];
> +	unsigned char *recvbuf;
> +	size_t recvbuf_size = 1500;
>  	int recvlen;
>  	struct socket *socket = NULL;
>  	DECLARE_COMPLETION(wait);
>  
> +	/* allocate buffer memory */
> +	recvbuf = kmalloc(recvbuf_size * sizeof(*recvbuf), GFP_KERNEL);

It's rather pointless to multiply by sizeof(*recvbuf) here

> -		iov.iov_len = sizeof(recvbuf);
> +		iov.iov_len = recvbuf_size;
>  		oldfs = get_fs();
>  		set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
> -		recvlen = sock_recvmsg(socket, &msg, sizeof(recvbuf), 0);
> +		recvlen = sock_recvmsg(socket, &msg, recvbuf_size, 0);

but not here.


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