### Comments for ChangeSet
Linear uses one array sized by MD_SB_DISKS inside a structure.
We move it to the end of the structure, declare it as size 0,
and arrange for approprate extra space to be allocated on
structure allocation.
----------- Diffstat output ------------
./drivers/md/linear.c | 3 ++-
./include/linux/raid/linear.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff ./drivers/md/linear.c~current~ ./drivers/md/linear.c
--- ./drivers/md/linear.c~current~ 2003-05-27 12:01:31.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/linear.c 2003-05-27 12:01:35.000000000 +1000
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
unsigned int curr_offset;
struct list_head *tmp;
- conf = kmalloc (sizeof (*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
+ conf = kmalloc (sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!conf)
goto out;
memset(conf, 0, sizeof(*conf));
diff ./include/linux/raid/linear.h~current~ ./include/linux/raid/linear.h
--- ./include/linux/raid/linear.h~current~ 2003-05-27 12:01:31.000000000 +1000
+++ ./include/linux/raid/linear.h 2003-05-27 12:01:35.000000000 +1000
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ struct linear_hash
struct linear_private_data
{
struct linear_hash *hash_table;
- dev_info_t disks[MD_SB_DISKS];
dev_info_t *smallest;
int nr_zones;
+ dev_info_t disks[0];
};
-
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