tree 3bb61f6e6d4e789c516c7ffb125ac89982d9a10c
parent 94ad84740fb3fe6c2112e60bc71a256c2815479d
author Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:25:10 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:25:10 -0700

[PATCH] x86_64: Remove excessive stack allocation in MCE code with large NR_CPUS

Remove excessive stack allocation in MCE code with large NR_CPUS

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 x86_64/kernel/mce.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
===================================================================
--- f9725aa273ebbfd40253a90b4d6ae1d5564e7a9f/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c  
(mode:100644 sha1:6ca066424deed52ce3243d5398329647e86c13e2)
+++ 3bb61f6e6d4e789c516c7ffb125ac89982d9a10c/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c  
(mode:100644 sha1:3a89d735a4f60f7203d8b0d2e5df2d2685d299fa)
@@ -379,18 +379,23 @@
 
 static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t usize, 
loff_t *off)
 {
-       unsigned long cpu_tsc[NR_CPUS];
+       unsigned long *cpu_tsc;
        static DECLARE_MUTEX(mce_read_sem);
        unsigned next;
        char __user *buf = ubuf;
        int i, err;
 
+       cpu_tsc = kmalloc(NR_CPUS * sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!cpu_tsc)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
        down(&mce_read_sem); 
        next = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next);
 
        /* Only supports full reads right now */
        if (*off != 0 || usize < MCE_LOG_LEN*sizeof(struct mce)) { 
                up(&mce_read_sem);
+               kfree(cpu_tsc);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
@@ -421,6 +426,7 @@
                }
        }       
        up(&mce_read_sem);
+       kfree(cpu_tsc);
        return err ? -EFAULT : buf - ubuf; 
 }
 
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