netdev - Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: net: Fix asix read transfer buffer allocations.

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:22:59 +0400
From:	Valentine Barshak <vbarshak@...mvista.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: net: Fix asix read transfer buffer
 allocations.

Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag 22 Oktober 2007 schrieb Valentine Barshak:
>>  static int asix_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc)
>>  {
>>         struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
>> +       void *buf;
>>         u16 res;
>>  
>>         mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex);
>>         asix_set_sw_mii(dev);
>> +
>> +       buf = kmalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> This is done under lock. Can you allocate the buffer once and reuse it?
> 
> 	Regards
> 		Oliver
> 
I think we can use 2 bytes of the usbnet data buffer for this.
I'll submit a new patch soon.
Thanks,
Valentine.
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