The patch titled mISDN: l1oip: reduce stack memory footprint has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is misdn-l1oip-reduce-stack-memory-footprint.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: mISDN: l1oip: reduce stack memory footprint From: Frank Seidel <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> Before: 1656 bytes on i386, now 164. Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c~misdn-l1oip-reduce-stack-memory-footprint drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c --- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c~misdn-l1oip-reduce-stack-memory-footprint +++ a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c @@ -663,18 +663,28 @@ l1oip_socket_thread(void *data) struct iovec iov; mm_segment_t oldfs; struct sockaddr_in sin_rx; - unsigned char recvbuf[1500]; + unsigned char *recvbuf; + size_t recvbuf_size = 1500; int recvlen; struct socket *socket = NULL; DECLARE_COMPLETION(wait); + /* allocate buffer memory */ + recvbuf = kmalloc(recvbuf_size * sizeof(*recvbuf), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!recvbuf) { + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to allocate memory.\n", __func__); + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + /* make daemon */ allow_signal(SIGTERM); /* create socket */ if (sock_create(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP, &socket)) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to create socket.\n", __func__); - return -EIO; + ret = -EIO; + goto out; } /* set incoming address */ @@ -730,10 +740,10 @@ l1oip_socket_thread(void *data) __func__); while (!signal_pending(current)) { iov.iov_base = recvbuf; - iov.iov_len = sizeof(recvbuf); + iov.iov_len = recvbuf_size; oldfs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - recvlen = sock_recvmsg(socket, &msg, sizeof(recvbuf), 0); + recvlen = sock_recvmsg(socket, &msg, recvbuf_size, 0); set_fs(oldfs); if (recvlen > 0) { l1oip_socket_parse(hc, &sin_rx, recvbuf, recvlen); @@ -771,6 +781,9 @@ fail: if (debug & DEBUG_L1OIP_SOCKET) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: socket thread terminated\n", __func__); + +out: + kfree(recvbuf); return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from frank@xxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch misdn-l1oip-reduce-stack-memory-footprint.patch misdn-l1oip-reduce-stack-memory-footprint-cleanup.patch airo-reduce-stack-memory-footprint.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html