linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] scsi: qedi: remove declaration of nvm

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Date:   Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:53:15 +0000
From:   Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@...vell.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com" 
        <QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] scsi: qedi: remove declaration of nvm_image from stack


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 11:41 PM
> To: QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com; James E . J . Bottomley
> <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>; Martin K . Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>;
> linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qedi: remove declaration of nvm_image from stack
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The nvm_image is a large struct qedi_nvm_iscsi_image object of over 24K
> so don't declare it on the stack just for a sizeof requirement; use sizeof on
> struct qedi_nvm_iscsi_image instead.
> 
> Fixes: c77a2fa3ff8f ("scsi: qedi: Add the CRC size within iSCSI NVM image")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
> index e74a62448ba4..e5db9a9954dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
> @@ -1392,10 +1392,8 @@ static void qedi_free_nvm_iscsi_cfg(struct
> qedi_ctx *qedi)
> 
>  static int qedi_alloc_nvm_iscsi_cfg(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)  {
> -	struct qedi_nvm_iscsi_image nvm_image;
> -
>  	qedi->iscsi_image = dma_alloc_coherent(&qedi->pdev->dev,
> -					       sizeof(nvm_image),
> +					       sizeof(struct
> qedi_nvm_iscsi_image),
>  					       &qedi->nvm_buf_dma,
> GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!qedi->iscsi_image) {
>  		QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "Could not allocate NVM
> BUF.\n"); @@ -2236,14 +2234,13 @@ static void qedi_boot_release(void
> *data)  static int qedi_get_boot_info(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)  {
>  	int ret = 1;
> -	struct qedi_nvm_iscsi_image nvm_image;
> 
>  	QEDI_INFO(&qedi->dbg_ctx, QEDI_LOG_INFO,
>  		  "Get NVM iSCSI CFG image\n");
>  	ret = qedi_ops->common->nvm_get_image(qedi->cdev,
>  					      QED_NVM_IMAGE_ISCSI_CFG,
>  					      (char *)qedi->iscsi_image,
> -					      sizeof(nvm_image));
> +					      sizeof(struct
> qedi_nvm_iscsi_image));
>  	if (ret)
>  		QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx,
>  			 "Could not get NVM image. ret = %d\n", ret);
> --
> 2.20.1

Thanks,
Acked-by: Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@...vell.com>