linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] firmware: read firmware size using i_size

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:05:09 +0300
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>
To:	ming.lei@...onical.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] firmware: read firmware size using i_size_read()

There is no need to read attr because inode structure contains size
of the file. Use i_size_read() instead.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 15 +--------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index c30df50e..9aaa97b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -279,26 +279,13 @@ static const char * const fw_path[] = {
 module_param_string(path, fw_path_para, sizeof(fw_path_para), 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(path, "customized firmware image search path with a higher priority than default path");
 
-/* Don't inline this: 'struct kstat' is biggish */
-static noinline_for_stack int fw_file_size(struct file *file)
-{
-	struct kstat st;
-	if (vfs_getattr(&file->f_path, &st))
-		return -1;
-	if (!S_ISREG(st.mode))
-		return -1;
-	if (st.size != (int)st.size)
-		return -1;
-	return st.size;
-}
-
 static int fw_read_file_contents(struct file *file, struct firmware_buf *fw_buf)
 {
 	int size;
 	char *buf;
 	int rc;
 
-	size = fw_file_size(file);
+	size = i_size_read(file_inode(file));
 	if (size <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	buf = vmalloc(size);
-- 
1.9.1

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