From 26c8f0d601f5d4c0d9f4bc8c5151539aae5dc26a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Layton Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 11:04:04 -0500 Subject: cifs: use a flexarray in cifs_writedata The cifs_writedata code uses a single element trailing array, which just adds unneeded complexity. Use a flexarray instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Reviewed-by: Pavel Shilovsky Signed-off-by: Steve French --- fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 2 +- fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 8 +------- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/cifs') diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h index 615e35ab7ef6..d6a031ed391b 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h @@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ struct cifs_writedata { unsigned int pagesz; unsigned int tailsz; unsigned int nr_pages; - struct page *pages[1]; + struct page *pages[]; }; /* diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index 4d881c35eeca..0cd742ccb019 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -1962,15 +1962,9 @@ cifs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int nr_pages, work_func_t complete) { struct cifs_writedata *wdata; - /* this would overflow */ - if (nr_pages == 0) { - cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: called with nr_pages == 0!\n", __func__); - return NULL; - } - /* writedata + number of page pointers */ wdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*wdata) + - sizeof(struct page *) * (nr_pages - 1), GFP_NOFS); + sizeof(struct page *) * nr_pages, GFP_NOFS); if (wdata != NULL) { kref_init(&wdata->refcount); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdata->list); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b