cifs: use a flexarray in cifs_writedata
The cifs_writedata code uses a single element trailing array, which
just adds unneeded complexity. Use a flexarray instead.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry@etersoft.ru>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 4d881c3..0cd742c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1962,15 +1962,9 @@
{
struct cifs_writedata *wdata;
- /* this would overflow */
- if (nr_pages == 0) {
- cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: called with nr_pages == 0!\n", __func__);
- return NULL;
- }
-
/* writedata + number of page pointers */
wdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*wdata) +
- sizeof(struct page *) * (nr_pages - 1), GFP_NOFS);
+ sizeof(struct page *) * nr_pages, GFP_NOFS);
if (wdata != NULL) {
kref_init(&wdata->refcount);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdata->list);