[PATCH] reduce stack in cpqarray.c::ida_ioctl()

[Randy.Dunlap]

Hi,

This patch to 2.5.66 reduces stack usage in ida_ioctl() by about
0x500 bytes (on x86).

There is a possibility that the allocation here should be done one time
only and the buffer pointer saved for re-use instead of allocating it
on each call to ida_ioctl.  If that's desirable, I'll have a few
questions.

Comments on the patch?

Thanks,
--
~Randy

patch_name:	cpqarray-stack.patch
patch_version:	2003-04-02.21:10:01
author:		Randy.Dunlap <[e-mail]>
description:	reduce stack in block/cqparray.c::ida_ioctl()
		from 0x550 to 0x48;
product:	Linux
product_versions: linux-2566
changelog:	allocate and free <ida_ioctl_t>
maintainer:	Steve Cameron: [e-mail], [e-mail]
diffstat:	=
 drivers/block/cpqarray.c |   20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -Naur ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c%IDAIOC ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c
--- ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c%IDAIOC	2003-03-24 14:00:03.000000000 -0800
+++ ./drivers/block/cpqarray.c	2003-04-02 20:05:57.000000000 -0800
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 	int diskinfo[4];
 	struct hd_geometry *geo = (struct hd_geometry *)arg;
 	ida_ioctl_t *io = (ida_ioctl_t*)arg;
-	ida_ioctl_t my_io;
+	ida_ioctl_t *my_io;
 
 	switch(cmd) {
 	case HDIO_GETGEO:
@@ -1046,11 +1046,19 @@
 		return 0;
 	case IDAPASSTHRU:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM;
-		if (copy_from_user(&my_io, io, sizeof(my_io)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		error = ida_ctlr_ioctl(ctlr, dsk, &my_io);
-		if (error) return error;
-		return copy_to_user(io, &my_io, sizeof(my_io)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+		my_io = kmalloc(sizeof(ida_ioctl_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!my_io)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (copy_from_user(my_io, io, sizeof(*my_io))) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			goto iocfree;
+		}
+		error = ida_ctlr_ioctl(ctlr, dsk, my_io);
+		if (error) goto iocfree;
+		error = copy_to_user(io, my_io, sizeof(*my_io)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+  iocfree:
+		kfree(my_io);
+		return error;
 	case IDAGETCTLRSIG:
 		if (!arg) return -EINVAL;
 		put_user(hba[ctlr]->ctlr_sig, (int*)arg);