tree 73f299aaed1e5a9a5c2e9b826352c46391df40fc
parent 981e23ba7ad8d8889372389dc235282cab4f9d24
author Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue Apr 12 08:25:40 2005
committer Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue Apr 12 08:25:40 2005

[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]>

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

Index: arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
===================================================================
--- 05591ce0f5fe495976edf362f4692a96432540cb/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c  
(mode:100644 sha1:9f9d955f37697570cddacac611d3df5d89271634)
+++ 73f299aaed1e5a9a5c2e9b826352c46391df40fc/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c  
(mode:100644 sha1:609994e7de06b823bd30ea53d84a03420f7103a3)
@@ -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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