3.16.50-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Konrad Zapalowicz <bergo.torino@xxxxxxxxx> commit ea6e9dea2e72a7abd146a2c5bab726b27f34b36c upstream. This comit fixes the following sparse warnign: drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c:572:1: warning: the frame size of 1060 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=] This was caused by having buffer as an automatic variable. This commit moves it from the stack to the heap. Signed-off-by: Konrad Zapalowicz <bergo.torino@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c @@ -481,13 +481,18 @@ void dgnc_sniff_nowait_nolock(struct cha int nbuf; int i; int tmpbuflen; - char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN]; - char *p = tmpbuf; + char *tmpbuf; + char *p; int too_much_data; + tmpbuf = kzalloc(TMPBUFLEN, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!tmpbuf) + return; + p = tmpbuf; + /* Leave if sniff not open */ if (!(ch->ch_sniff_flags & SNIFF_OPEN)) - return; + goto exit; do_gettimeofday(&tv); @@ -534,7 +539,7 @@ void dgnc_sniff_nowait_nolock(struct cha * function was probably called by the interrupt/timer routines! */ if (n == 0) - return; + goto exit; /* * Copy as much data as will fit. @@ -579,6 +584,9 @@ void dgnc_sniff_nowait_nolock(struct cha } } while (too_much_data); + +exit: + kfree(tmpbuf); }