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-rw-r--r--block/partitions/check.c37
-rw-r--r--block/partitions/check.h4
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.c b/block/partitions/check.c
index bc908672c976..19ba207ea7d1 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.c
+++ b/block/partitions/check.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/genhd.h>
@@ -106,18 +107,45 @@ static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
NULL
};
+static struct parsed_partitions *allocate_partitions(struct gendisk *hd)
+{
+ struct parsed_partitions *state;
+ int nr;
+
+ state = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!state)
+ return NULL;
+
+ nr = disk_max_parts(hd);
+ state->parts = vzalloc(nr * sizeof(state->parts[0]));
+ if (!state->parts) {
+ kfree(state);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ state->limit = nr;
+
+ return state;
+}
+
+void free_partitions(struct parsed_partitions *state)
+{
+ vfree(state->parts);
+ kfree(state);
+}
+
struct parsed_partitions *
check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
{
struct parsed_partitions *state;
int i, res, err;
- state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct parsed_partitions), GFP_KERNEL);
+ state = allocate_partitions(hd);
if (!state)
return NULL;
state->pp_buf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
if (!state->pp_buf) {
- kfree(state);
+ free_partitions(state);
return NULL;
}
state->pp_buf[0] = '\0';
@@ -128,10 +156,9 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
if (isdigit(state->name[strlen(state->name)-1]))
sprintf(state->name, "p");
- state->limit = disk_max_parts(hd);
i = res = err = 0;
while (!res && check_part[i]) {
- memset(&state->parts, 0, sizeof(state->parts));
+ memset(state->parts, 0, state->limit * sizeof(state->parts[0]));
res = check_part[i++](state);
if (res < 0) {
/* We have hit an I/O error which we don't report now.
@@ -161,6 +188,6 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
printk(KERN_INFO "%s", state->pp_buf);
free_page((unsigned long)state->pp_buf);
- kfree(state);
+ free_partitions(state);
return ERR_PTR(res);
}
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.h b/block/partitions/check.h
index 52b100311ec3..eade17ea910b 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.h
+++ b/block/partitions/check.h
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ struct parsed_partitions {
int flags;
bool has_info;
struct partition_meta_info info;
- } parts[DISK_MAX_PARTS];
+ } *parts;
int next;
int limit;
bool access_beyond_eod;
char *pp_buf;
};
+void free_partitions(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+
struct parsed_partitions *
check_partition(struct gendisk *, struct block_device *);