[S390] dasd: use vmalloc for statistics input buffer
The size of the buffer that is used to store DASD statistics input
strings depends on the user input. If the input string is to large,
the write operation could fail with -ENOMEM. To avoid this, use
vmalloc instead of kmalloc.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 432444a..a1d3ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <asm/ccwdev.h>
#include <asm/ebcdic.h>
@@ -888,11 +889,11 @@
{
char *buffer;
- buffer = kmalloc(user_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ buffer = vmalloc(user_len + 1);
if (buffer == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (copy_from_user(buffer, user_buf, user_len) != 0) {
- kfree(buffer);
+ vfree(buffer);
return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
}
/* got the string, now strip linefeed. */
@@ -930,7 +931,7 @@
dasd_profile_off(prof);
} else
rc = -EINVAL;
- kfree(buffer);
+ vfree(buffer);
return rc;
}
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@
dasd_global_profile_level = DASD_PROFILE_OFF;
} else
rc = -EINVAL;
- kfree(buffer);
+ vfree(buffer);
return rc;
}