usb_get_configuration() uses a temporary buffer allocated on heap to read USB configuration descriptor. The buffer is just nine bytes an so it is a waste to allocate it on heap where it can be allocated on stack with the rest of local variables. This simplifies the code and minimises memory usage. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/config.c | 16 ++++------------ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c index 0d3af6a..78d3f87 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c @@ -722,13 +722,12 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) int ncfg = dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations; int result = 0; unsigned int cfgno, length; - unsigned char *buffer; unsigned char *bigbuffer; - struct usb_config_descriptor *desc; + struct usb_config_descriptor desc; cfgno = 0; if (dev->authorized == 0) /* Not really an error */ - goto out_not_authorized; + goto err; result = -ENOMEM; if (ncfg > USB_MAXCONFIG) { dev_warn(ddev, "too many configurations: %d, " @@ -751,17 +750,12 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) if (!dev->rawdescriptors) goto err2; - buffer = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!buffer) - goto err2; - desc = (struct usb_config_descriptor *)buffer; - result = 0; for (; cfgno < ncfg; cfgno++) { /* We grab just the first descriptor so we know how long * the whole configuration is */ result = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_CONFIG, cfgno, - buffer, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE); + &desc, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE); if (result < 0) { dev_err(ddev, "unable to read config index %d " "descriptor/%s: %d\n", cfgno, "start", result); @@ -775,7 +769,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) result = -EINVAL; goto err; } - length = max((int) le16_to_cpu(desc->wTotalLength), + length = max((int) le16_to_cpu(desc.wTotalLength), USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE); /* Now that we know the length, get the whole thing */ @@ -810,8 +804,6 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) result = 0; err: - kfree(buffer); -out_not_authorized: dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations = cfgno; err2: if (result == -ENOMEM) -- Best regards, _ _ .o. | Liege of Serenly Enlightened Majesty of o' \,=./ `o ..o | Computer Science, Michal "mina86" Nazarewicz (o o) ooo +--<mina86-tlen.pl>--<jid:mina86-jabber.org>--ooO--(_)--Ooo-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html