---

yaml
---
r: 262391
b: refs/heads/master
c: e4258d5
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  262389: 6634156
  262387: 1e88043
  262383: 0f98c3d
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7dd6b3343fdc190712d1620ee8848d25c4c77c33
+refs/heads/master: e4258d55bff06780cd424c671b576a90acc1592f

trunk/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 *dasd_get_user_string(const char __user *user_buf, size_t user_len)
 {
 	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 @@ static ssize_t dasd_stats_write(struct file *file,
 		dasd_profile_off(prof);
 	} else
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-	kfree(buffer);
+	vfree(buffer);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ static ssize_t dasd_stats_global_write(struct file *file,
 		dasd_global_profile_level = DASD_PROFILE_OFF;
 	} else
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-	kfree(buffer);
+	vfree(buffer);
 	return rc;
 }
 

trunk/drivers/s390/block/dasd_proc.c

@@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ static ssize_t dasd_stats_proc_write(struct file *file,
 		pr_info("The statistics have been reset\n");
 	} else
 		goto out_parse_error;
-	kfree(buffer);
+	vfree(buffer);
 	return user_len;
 out_parse_error:
 	rc = -EINVAL;
 	pr_warning("%s is not a supported value for /proc/dasd/statistics\n",
 		str);
 out_error:
-	kfree(buffer);
+	vfree(buffer);
 	return rc;
 #else
 	pr_warning("/proc/dasd/statistics: is not activated in this kernel\n");