Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary kmalloc/kfree calls in mtdchar

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Silly me. Ok, the original had it already, but it has to go...

On 4/17/06, David Woodhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don't printk -- especially without a priority. Either just bail out with
> -ENOMEM or try a smaller size.
>

Index: linux-2.6.16.2/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16.2.orig/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ linux-2.6.16.2/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -170,16 +170,22 @@ static ssize_t mtd_read(struct file *fil

 	/* FIXME: Use kiovec in 2.5 to lock down the user's buffers
 	   and pass them directly to the MTD functions */
+
+	if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
+		kbuf=kmalloc(MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	else
+		kbuf=kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!kbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	while (count) {
+
 		if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
 			len = MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE;
 		else
 			len = count;

-		kbuf=kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!kbuf)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
 		switch (MTD_MODE(file)) {
 		case MTD_MODE_OTP_FACT:
 			ret = mtd->read_fact_prot_reg(mtd, *ppos, len, &retlen, kbuf);
@@ -215,9 +221,9 @@ static ssize_t mtd_read(struct file *fil
 			return ret;
 		}

-		kfree(kbuf);
 	}

+	kfree(kbuf);
 	return total_retlen;
 } /* mtd_read */

@@ -241,18 +247,21 @@ static ssize_t mtd_write(struct file *fi
 	if (!count)
 		return 0;

+	if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
+		kbuf=kmalloc(MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	else
+		kbuf=kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!kbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	while (count) {
+
 		if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
 			len = MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE;
 		else
 			len = count;

-		kbuf=kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!kbuf) {
-			printk("kmalloc is null\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-
 		if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len)) {
 			kfree(kbuf);
 			return -EFAULT;
@@ -282,10 +291,9 @@ static ssize_t mtd_write(struct file *fi
 			kfree(kbuf);
 			return ret;
 		}
-
-		kfree(kbuf);
 	}

+	kfree(kbuf);
 	return total_retlen;
 } /* mtd_write */

Signed-off-by Thiago Galesi <[email protected]>
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