No need to use use continuous memory, it may be fail when memory deeply fragmented.
Signed-off-by: Chen Feng <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Xia Qing <[email protected]> --- drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 8524450..ff8672d 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static void __fw_free_buf(struct kref *ref) vunmap(buf->data); for (i = 0; i < buf->nr_pages; i++) __free_page(buf->pages[i]); - kfree(buf->pages); + vfree(buf->pages); } else #endif vfree(buf->data); @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev, if (!test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_buf->status)) { for (i = 0; i < fw_buf->nr_pages; i++) __free_page(fw_buf->pages[i]); - kfree(fw_buf->pages); + vfree(fw_buf->pages); fw_buf->pages = NULL; fw_buf->page_array_size = 0; fw_buf->nr_pages = 0; @@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ static int fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size) buf->page_array_size * 2); struct page **new_pages; - new_pages = kmalloc(new_array_size * sizeof(void *), - GFP_KERNEL); + new_pages = vmalloc(new_array_size * sizeof(void *)); if (!new_pages) { fw_load_abort(fw_priv); return -ENOMEM; @@ -780,7 +779,7 @@ static int fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size) buf->page_array_size * sizeof(void *)); memset(&new_pages[buf->page_array_size], 0, sizeof(void *) * (new_array_size - buf->page_array_size)); - kfree(buf->pages); + vfree(buf->pages); buf->pages = new_pages; buf->page_array_size = new_array_size; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
