[PATCH] Remove unnecessary kmalloc/kfree calls in mtdchar
This patch removes repeated calls to kmalloc / kfree in mtd_write /
mtd_read functions, replacing them by a single kmalloc / kfree pair.
Signed-off-by: Thiago Galesi <thiagogalesi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 6f04458..6b83aee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -170,16 +170,22 @@
/* FIXME: Use kiovec in 2.5 to lock down the user's buffers
and pass them directly to the MTD functions */
+
+ if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
+ kbuf=kmalloc(MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ else
+ kbuf=kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!kbuf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
while (count) {
+
if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
len = MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE;
else
len = count;
- kbuf=kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!kbuf)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
switch (MTD_MODE(file)) {
case MTD_MODE_OTP_FACT:
ret = mtd->read_fact_prot_reg(mtd, *ppos, len, &retlen, kbuf);
@@ -215,9 +221,9 @@
return ret;
}
- kfree(kbuf);
}
+ kfree(kbuf);
return total_retlen;
} /* mtd_read */
@@ -241,18 +247,21 @@
if (!count)
return 0;
+ if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
+ kbuf=kmalloc(MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ else
+ kbuf=kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!kbuf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
while (count) {
+
if (count > MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE)
len = MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE;
else
len = count;
- kbuf=kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!kbuf) {
- printk("kmalloc is null\n");
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len)) {
kfree(kbuf);
return -EFAULT;
@@ -282,10 +291,9 @@
kfree(kbuf);
return ret;
}
-
- kfree(kbuf);
}
+ kfree(kbuf);
return total_retlen;
} /* mtd_write */