linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] vmalloc: Remove static declaration of va from __get_vm_area

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Message-Id: <1323330621-31254-1-git-send-email-consul.kautuk@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu,  8 Dec 2011 13:20:21 +0530
From:	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] vmalloc: Remove static declaration of va from __get_vm_area_node

Static storage is not required for the struct vmap_area in
__get_vm_area_node.

Removing "static" to store this variable on the stack instead.

Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 3231bf3..173562c 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
 		unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, unsigned long start,
 		unsigned long end, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask, void *caller)
 {
-	static struct vmap_area *va;
+	struct vmap_area *va;
 	struct vm_struct *area;
 
 	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
-- 
1.7.6

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