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act_nat: use stack variable

PATCH Applied Changli Gao 4 participants 4 messages Jun 30, 2010

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PATCH 1/1 act_nat: use stack variable

act_nat: use stack variable

structure tc_nat isn't too big for stack, so we can put it in stack.

Signed-off-by Changli Gao <[email protected]>

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 net/sched/act_nat.c |   31 ++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
net/sched/act_nat.c +10 -21
index 5709494..0be49a4 100644
@@ -265,40 +265,29 @@ static int tcf_nat_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 {
 	unsigned char *b = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
 	struct tcf_nat *p = a->priv;
-	struct tc_nat *opt;
+	struct tc_nat opt;
 	struct tcf_t t;
-	int s;
 
-	s = sizeof(*opt);
+	opt.old_addr = p->old_addr;
+	opt.new_addr = p->new_addr;
+	opt.mask = p->mask;
+	opt.flags = p->flags;
 
-	/* netlink spinlocks held above us - must use ATOMIC */
-	opt = kzalloc(s, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (unlikely(!opt))
-		return -ENOBUFS;
+	opt.index = p->tcf_index;
+	opt.action = p->tcf_action;
+	opt.refcnt = p->tcf_refcnt - ref;
+	opt.bindcnt = p->tcf_bindcnt - bind;
 
-	opt->old_addr = p->old_addr;
-	opt->new_addr = p->new_addr;
-	opt->mask = p->mask;
-	opt->flags = p->flags;
-
-	opt->index = p->tcf_index;
-	opt->action = p->tcf_action;
-	opt->refcnt = p->tcf_refcnt - ref;
-	opt->bindcnt = p->tcf_bindcnt - bind;
-
-	NLA_PUT(skb, TCA_NAT_PARMS, s, opt);
+	NLA_PUT(skb, TCA_NAT_PARMS, sizeof(opt), &opt);
 	t.install = jiffies_to_clock_t(jiffies - p->tcf_tm.install);
 	t.lastuse = jiffies_to_clock_t(jiffies - p->tcf_tm.lastuse);
 	t.expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(p->tcf_tm.expires);
 	NLA_PUT(skb, TCA_NAT_TM, sizeof(t), &t);
 
-	kfree(opt);
-
 	return skb->len;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	nlmsg_trim(skb, b);
-	kfree(opt);
 	return -1;
 }
#1 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines · Changli Gao

act_nat: use stack variable

structure tc_nat isn't too big for stack, so we can put it in stack.

Signed-off-by Changli Gao <[email protected]>

Doesnt look unreasonable - will let Herbert make the call..

cheers,
jamal

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Quoted 8 lines · jamal
Quoted 5 lines · Changli Gao

act_nat: use stack variable

structure tc_nat isn't too big for stack, so we can put it in stack.

Signed-off-by Changli Gao <[email protected]>

Doesnt look unreasonable - will let Herbert make the call..

Looks good to me too.

Thanks!

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Email: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
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From: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:05 +0800

Quoted 11 lines · jamal
Quoted 8 lines · Changli Gao
Quoted 5 lines

act_nat: use stack variable

structure tc_nat isn't too big for stack, so we can put it in stack.

Signed-off-by Changli Gao <[email protected]>

Doesnt look unreasonable - will let Herbert make the call..

Looks good to me too.

Applied.