The cifs_writedata code uses a single element trailing array, which
just adds unneeded complexity. Use a flexarray instead.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 2 +-
fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 8 +-------
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 57d07e704d97..e7fe49e75cdb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ struct cifs_writedata {
unsigned int pagesz;
unsigned int tailsz;
unsigned int nr_pages;
- struct page *pages[1];
+ struct page *pages[];
};
/*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 0726ab413b8c..a75b56025df7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1962,15 +1962,9 @@ cifs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int nr_pages, work_func_t complete)
{
struct cifs_writedata *wdata;
- /* this would overflow */
- if (nr_pages == 0) {
- cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: called with nr_pages == 0!\n", __func__);
- return NULL;
- }
-
/* writedata + number of page pointers */
wdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*wdata) +
- sizeof(struct page *) * (nr_pages - 1), GFP_NOFS);
+ sizeof(struct page *) * nr_pages, GFP_NOFS);
if (wdata != NULL) {
kref_init(&wdata->refcount);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdata->list);
--
1.8.5.3
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