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authorSalvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@gmail.com>2018-07-16 21:10:34 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-07-18 15:08:31 -0700
commit0015b80abccecca82622d9e9d48eb210572a0c3b (patch)
tree9e3baafb4384706952f74369f318bee0827b3abe /net/dsa/dsa2.c
parent14260e91707a7844206aeac10daa462cd3b1538d (diff)
net: dsa: Remove VLA usage
We avoid 2 VLAs by using a pre-allocated field in dsa_switch. We also try to avoid dynamic allocation whenever possible (when using fewer than bits-per-long ports, which is the common case). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180505185145.GB32630@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@gmail.com> [kees: tweak commit subject and message slightly] Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/dsa/dsa2.c')
-rw-r--r--net/dsa/dsa2.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
index dc5d9af3dc80..a1917025e155 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
@@ -775,6 +775,20 @@ struct dsa_switch *dsa_switch_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t n)
if (!ds)
return NULL;
+ /* We avoid allocating memory outside dsa_switch
+ * if it is not needed.
+ */
+ if (n <= sizeof(ds->_bitmap) * 8) {
+ ds->bitmap = &ds->_bitmap;
+ } else {
+ ds->bitmap = devm_kcalloc(dev,
+ BITS_TO_LONGS(n),
+ sizeof(unsigned long),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (unlikely(!ds->bitmap))
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
ds->dev = dev;
ds->num_ports = n;