On Tue, 31 October 2006 10:03:08 -0500, Holden Karau wrote:
> +static int fat_mirror_bhs_optw(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head **bhs,
> + int nr_bhs , int wait)
> {
> struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
> - struct buffer_head *c_bh;
> + struct buffer_head *c_bh[nr_bhs*(sbi->fats)];
Variable-sized array on the kernel-stack? That can easily explode in
your hands. Unless you are _very_ sure about the bounds, you should
do an explicit kmalloc. And if you were that sure, you could just as
well have an array with fixed size.
> + if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS )
[...]
> + }
[...]
> + int nr_bhs )
Trailing whitespace in those lines.
Jörn
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