Re: [PATCH 1/1] fat: improve sync performance by grouping writes revised

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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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