Attempt to reduce stack usage in sg.c. Used checkstack.pl script to measure stack usage and noted follows:
Before patch: sg_ioctl - 412 sg_read - 200 After patch: sg_ioctl - 92 sg_read - 96 Thanks, Rayan Signed-off-by: Yum Rayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -Nur linux-2.6.11.5.orig/drivers/scsi/sg.c linux-2.6.11.5/drivers/scsi/sg.c --- linux-2.6.11.5.orig/drivers/scsi/sg.c 2005-03-18 22:34:56.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.11.5/drivers/scsi/sg.c 2005-03-21 23:48:52.000000000 -0800 @@ -335,109 +335,143 @@ Sg_fd *sfp; Sg_request *srp; int req_pack_id = -1; - struct sg_header old_hdr; - sg_io_hdr_t new_hdr; + struct sg_header *old_hdr; sg_io_hdr_t *hp; + int retval = 0; + if ((!(sfp = (Sg_fd *) filp->private_data)) || (!(sdp = sfp->parentdp))) return -ENXIO; SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(3, printk("sg_read: %s, count=%d\n", sdp->disk->disk_name, (int) count)); - if ((k = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count))) - return k; + old_hdr = kmalloc(SZ_SG_HEADER, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!old_hdr) + return -ENOMEM; + if ((k = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count))) { + retval = k; + goto free_old_hdr; + } if (sfp->force_packid && (count >= SZ_SG_HEADER)) { - if (__copy_from_user(&old_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_HEADER)) - return -EFAULT; - if (old_hdr.reply_len < 0) { + if (__copy_from_user(old_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_HEADER)){ + retval = -EFAULT; + goto free_old_hdr; + } + if (old_hdr->reply_len < 0) { if (count >= SZ_SG_IO_HDR) { - if (__copy_from_user - (&new_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_IO_HDR)) - return -EFAULT; - req_pack_id = new_hdr.pack_id; + sg_io_hdr_t *new_hdr; + new_hdr = kmalloc(SZ_SG_IO_HDR, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new_hdr) { + retval = -ENOMEM; + goto free_old_hdr; + } + retval = __copy_from_user(new_hdr, buf, + SZ_SG_IO_HDR); + req_pack_id = new_hdr->pack_id; + kfree(new_hdr); + if (retval) { + retval = -EFAULT; + goto free_old_hdr; + } } } else - req_pack_id = old_hdr.pack_id; + req_pack_id = old_hdr->pack_id; } srp = sg_get_rq_mark(sfp, req_pack_id); if (!srp) { /* now wait on packet to arrive */ - if (sdp->detached) - return -ENODEV; - if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) - return -EAGAIN; + if (sdp->detached) { + retval = -ENODEV; + goto free_old_hdr; + } + if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) { + retval = -EAGAIN; + goto free_old_hdr; + } while (1) { - res = 0; /* following is a macro that beats race condition */ + res = 0; /* following macro beats race condition */ __wait_event_interruptible(sfp->read_wait, - (sdp->detached || (srp = sg_get_rq_mark(sfp, req_pack_id))), - res); - if (sdp->detached) - return -ENODEV; + (sdp->detached || + (srp = sg_get_rq_mark(sfp, req_pack_id))), + res); + if (sdp->detached) { + retval = -ENODEV; + goto free_old_hdr; + } if (0 == res) break; - return res; /* -ERESTARTSYS because signal hit process */ + retval = res; /* -ERESTARTSYS as signal hit process */ + goto free_old_hdr; } } - if (srp->header.interface_id != '\0') - return sg_new_read(sfp, buf, count, srp); + if (srp->header.interface_id != '\0') { + retval = sg_new_read(sfp, buf, count, srp); + goto free_old_hdr; + } hp = &srp->header; - memset(&old_hdr, 0, SZ_SG_HEADER); - old_hdr.reply_len = (int) hp->timeout; - old_hdr.pack_len = old_hdr.reply_len; /* very old, strange behaviour */ - old_hdr.pack_id = hp->pack_id; - old_hdr.twelve_byte = + memset(old_hdr, 0, SZ_SG_HEADER); + old_hdr->reply_len = (int) hp->timeout; + old_hdr->pack_len = old_hdr->reply_len; /* old, strange behaviour */ + old_hdr->pack_id = hp->pack_id; + old_hdr->twelve_byte = ((srp->data.cmd_opcode >= 0xc0) && (12 == hp->cmd_len)) ? 1 : 0; - old_hdr.target_status = hp->masked_status; - old_hdr.host_status = hp->host_status; - old_hdr.driver_status = hp->driver_status; + old_hdr->target_status = hp->masked_status; + old_hdr->host_status = hp->host_status; + old_hdr->driver_status = hp->driver_status; if ((CHECK_CONDITION & hp->masked_status) || (DRIVER_SENSE & hp->driver_status)) - memcpy(old_hdr.sense_buffer, srp->sense_b, - sizeof (old_hdr.sense_buffer)); + memcpy(old_hdr->sense_buffer, srp->sense_b, + sizeof (old_hdr->sense_buffer)); switch (hp->host_status) { /* This setup of 'result' is for backward compatibility and is best ignored by the user who should use target, host + driver status */ case DID_OK: case DID_PASSTHROUGH: case DID_SOFT_ERROR: - old_hdr.result = 0; + old_hdr->result = 0; break; case DID_NO_CONNECT: case DID_BUS_BUSY: case DID_TIME_OUT: - old_hdr.result = EBUSY; + old_hdr->result = EBUSY; break; case DID_BAD_TARGET: case DID_ABORT: case DID_PARITY: case DID_RESET: case DID_BAD_INTR: - old_hdr.result = EIO; + old_hdr->result = EIO; break; case DID_ERROR: - old_hdr.result = (srp->sense_b[0] == 0 && + old_hdr->result = (srp->sense_b[0] == 0 && hp->masked_status == GOOD) ? 0 : EIO; break; default: - old_hdr.result = EIO; + old_hdr->result = EIO; break; } /* Now copy the result back to the user buffer. */ if (count >= SZ_SG_HEADER) { - if (__copy_to_user(buf, &old_hdr, SZ_SG_HEADER)) - return -EFAULT; + if (__copy_to_user(buf, old_hdr, SZ_SG_HEADER)) { + retval = -EFAULT; + goto free_old_hdr; + } buf += SZ_SG_HEADER; - if (count > old_hdr.reply_len) - count = old_hdr.reply_len; + if (count > old_hdr->reply_len) + count = old_hdr->reply_len; if (count > SZ_SG_HEADER) { if ((res = sg_read_oxfer(srp, buf, count - SZ_SG_HEADER))) - return -EFAULT; + retval = -EFAULT; + goto free_old_hdr; } } else - count = (old_hdr.result == 0) ? 0 : -EIO; + count = (old_hdr->result == 0) ? 0 : -EIO; sg_finish_rem_req(srp); - return count; + retval = count; +free_old_hdr: + kfree(old_hdr); + return retval; } static ssize_t @@ -943,8 +977,11 @@ if (result) return result; else { - sg_req_info_t rinfo[SG_MAX_QUEUE]; - Sg_request *srp; + sg_req_info_t *rinfo; + rinfo = kmalloc(SG_MAX_QUEUE * SZ_SG_REQ_INFO, + GFP_KERNEL); + if (!rinfo) + return -ENOMEM; read_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags); for (srp = sfp->headrp, val = 0; val < SG_MAX_QUEUE; ++val, srp = srp ? srp->nextrp : srp) { @@ -966,8 +1003,11 @@ } } read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags); - return (__copy_to_user(p, rinfo, - SZ_SG_REQ_INFO * SG_MAX_QUEUE) ? -EFAULT : 0); + result = __copy_to_user(p, rinfo, SZ_SG_REQ_INFO * + SG_MAX_QUEUE); + result = result ? -EFAULT : 0; + kfree(rinfo); + return result; } case SG_EMULATED_HOST: if (sdp->detached) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html