linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] isicom: Fix buffer allocation

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:26:07 +0200
From:	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	alan@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isicom: Fix buffer allocation

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 02:17:33PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Fix the rather strange buffer management on open that turned up while
> auditing for BKL dependancies
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
> 
> diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.25-mm1/drivers/char/isicom.c linux-2.6.25-mm1/drivers/char/isicom.c
> --- linux.vanilla-2.6.25-mm1/drivers/char/isicom.c	2008-04-28 11:36:48.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.25-mm1/drivers/char/isicom.c	2008-04-14 10:56:25.000000000 +0100
> @@ -813,15 +813,13 @@
>  		return 0;
>  	if (!port->xmit_buf) {
>  		/* Relies on BKL */
> +		unsigned long page  = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (page == 0)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> +		if (port->xmit_buf)
> +			free_page(page);
> +		else
> +			port->xmit_buf = (unsigned char *) page;
>  	}


Still looks rather strange.  An if(x) inside an if(!x) ?

  OG.
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