For user extended attributes, temp allocations larger than one page
might be needed.
Use kvmalloc/kvfree to accommodate these larger allocations, while not
affecting the performance of the smaller ones.
Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 6e7fc6a9931e..f6322add2992 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ svcxdr_tmpalloc(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, u32 len)
{
struct svcxdr_tmpbuf *tb;
- tb = kmalloc(sizeof(*tb) + len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ tb = kvmalloc(sizeof(*tb) + len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tb)
return NULL;
tb->next = argp->to_free;
@@ -4691,7 +4691,7 @@ void nfsd4_release_compoundargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
while (args->to_free) {
struct svcxdr_tmpbuf *tb = args->to_free;
args->to_free = tb->next;
- kfree(tb);
+ kvfree(tb);
}
}
--
2.16.6
