On Sep. 18, 2008, 15:05 -0500, Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sep. 18, 2008, 14:43 -0500, Peter Staubach <staubach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] >>> + cb_program = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpc_program) + >>> + sizeof(struct rpc_stat), GFP_KERNEL); >>> >> Ugg. What about defining a struct which contains an rpc_program >> followed by an rpc_stat and then allocate and free that? This >> seems a little, unclean, to me. >> >> ps >> > > Sure. No problem. > Thanks for reviewing this. > > Benny Here's the diff from the patch I sent. I'll send the modified patch once I get Bruce's Ack and possibly other comments. Tested here in the Austin BAT. Benny diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c index 6599b1e..0f13d75 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c @@ -342,10 +342,19 @@ static struct rpc_version * nfs_cb_version[] = { &nfs_cb_version4, }; -static void free_rpc_program(struct rpc_program *cb_program) +/* used internally for dynamically allocating the callback rpc_program + * and rpc_stat */ +struct __rpc_prog_stats { + struct rpc_program program; + struct rpc_stat stats; +}; + +static void free_rpc_program(struct rpc_program *p) { - dprintk("%s: freeing callback program 0x%p\n", __func__, cb_program); - kfree(cb_program); + struct __rpc_prog_stats *ps = container_of(p, struct __rpc_prog_stats, + program); + dprintk("%s: freeing callback prog_stats 0x%p\n", __func__, ps); + kfree(ps); } /* Reference counting, callback cleanup, etc., all look racy as heck. @@ -362,8 +371,7 @@ static int do_probe_callback(void *data) .to_maxval = (NFSD_LEASE_TIME/2) * HZ, .to_exponential = 1, }; - struct rpc_stat *cb_stats; - struct rpc_program *cb_program; + struct __rpc_prog_stats *cb_prog_stats; struct rpc_create_args args = { .protocol = IPPROTO_TCP, .address = (struct sockaddr *)&addr, @@ -387,30 +395,28 @@ static int do_probe_callback(void *data) addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(cb->cb_addr); /* Initialize rpc_program */ - cb_program = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpc_program) + - sizeof(struct rpc_stat), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!cb_program) { + cb_prog_stats = kzalloc(sizeof(*cb_prog_stats), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!cb_prog_stats) { dprintk("NFSD: %s: couldn't allocate callback program\n", __func__); status = -ENOMEM; goto out_err; } - cb_program->name = "nfs4_cb"; - cb_program->number = clp->cl_callback.cb_prog; - cb_program->nrvers = ARRAY_SIZE(nfs_cb_version); - cb_program->version = nfs_cb_version; - cb_program->free_rpc_program = free_rpc_program; - args.program = cb_program; + args.program = &cb_prog_stats->program; + args.program->name = "nfs4_cb"; + args.program->number = clp->cl_callback.cb_prog; + args.program->nrvers = ARRAY_SIZE(nfs_cb_version); + args.program->version = nfs_cb_version; + args.program->free_rpc_program = free_rpc_program; dprintk("%s: program %s 0x%x nrvers %u version %u\n", __func__, args.program->name, args.program->number, args.program->nrvers, args.version); /* Initialize rpc_stat */ - cb_stats = (struct rpc_stat *)(cb_program + 1); - cb_stats->program = cb_program; - cb_program->stats = cb_stats; + args.program->stats = &cb_prog_stats->stats; + args.program->stats->program = args.program; /* Create RPC client */ client = rpc_create(&args); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html