From: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> qeth_query_oat_command() currently allocates the kernel buffer for the SIOC_QETH_QUERY_OAT ioctl with kzalloc. So on systems with fragmented memory, large allocations may fail (eg. the qethqoat tool by default uses 132KB). Solve this issue by using vzalloc, backing the allocation with non-contiguous memory. Signed-off-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c index b60055e9cb1a..de8282420f96 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include <linux/netdevice.h> #include <linux/netdev_features.h> #include <linux/skbuff.h> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h> #include <net/iucv/af_iucv.h> #include <net/dsfield.h> @@ -4699,7 +4700,7 @@ static int qeth_query_oat_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata) priv.buffer_len = oat_data.buffer_len; priv.response_len = 0; - priv.buffer = kzalloc(oat_data.buffer_len, GFP_KERNEL); + priv.buffer = vzalloc(oat_data.buffer_len); if (!priv.buffer) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; @@ -4740,7 +4741,7 @@ static int qeth_query_oat_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata) rc = -EFAULT; out_free: - kfree(priv.buffer); + vfree(priv.buffer); out: return rc; } -- 2.16.4