[PATCH 1/1] vmalloc: Remove static declaration of va from __get_vm_area_node

From: Kautuk Consul
Date: Thu Dec 08 2011 - 02:45:21 EST


Static storage is not required for the struct vmap_area in
__get_vm_area_node.

Removing "static" to store this variable on the stack instead.

Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 3231bf3..173562c 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask, void *caller)
{
- static struct vmap_area *va;
+ struct vmap_area *va;
struct vm_struct *area;

BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
--
1.7.6

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