linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VirtioConsole support.

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Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:19:40 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Miche Baker-Harvey <miche@...gle.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VirtioConsole support.

On 10/27/11 19:55, Joe Perches wrote:
>
> @@ -845,6 +857,19 @@ struct hvc_struct *hvc_alloc(uint32_t vtermno, int data,
>  	kref_init(&hp->kref);
>  
>  	INIT_WORK(&hp->tty_resize, hvc_set_winsz);
> +	/*
> +	 * make each console its own struct console.
> +	 * No need to do allocation and copy under lock.
> +	 */
> +	cp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cp), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!cp) {
> +		kfree(hp);
> +		mutex_unlock(&hvc_ports_mutex);
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +	}
> +	memcpy(cp, &hvc_console, sizeof(*cp));
> The kzalloc should be kmalloc as the allocated
> memory is immediately overwritten.

Even better would be kmemdup().

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