linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 58/65] s390/qeth: use vzalloc for QUERY OAT buffer

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Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 00:38:39 +0000
From:   Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
To:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 58/65] s390/qeth: use vzalloc for QUERY OAT
 buffer

From: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit aec45e857c5538664edb76a60dd452e3265f37d1 ]

qeth_query_oat_command() currently allocates the kernel buffer for
the SIOC_QETH_QUERY_OAT ioctl with kzalloc. So on systems with
fragmented memory, large allocations may fail (eg. the qethqoat tool by
default uses 132KB).

Solve this issue by using vzalloc, backing the allocation with
non-contiguous memory.

Signed-off-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index ffdb78421a25..b0f0d4e86f67 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/netdev_features.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include <net/iucv/af_iucv.h>
 #include <net/dsfield.h>
@@ -4738,7 +4739,7 @@ static int qeth_query_oat_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata)
 
 	priv.buffer_len = oat_data.buffer_len;
 	priv.response_len = 0;
-	priv.buffer =  kzalloc(oat_data.buffer_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv.buffer = vzalloc(oat_data.buffer_len);
 	if (!priv.buffer) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -4779,7 +4780,7 @@ static int qeth_query_oat_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata)
 			rc = -EFAULT;
 
 out_free:
-	kfree(priv.buffer);
+	vfree(priv.buffer);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
2.17.1