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-rw-r--r--drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c19
-rw-r--r--drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c5
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
index 82e280d38cc2..398d22693234 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static long vbg_misc_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int req,
struct vbg_session *session = filp->private_data;
size_t returned_size, size;
struct vbg_ioctl_hdr hdr;
+ bool is_vmmdev_req;
int ret = 0;
void *buf;
@@ -106,8 +107,17 @@ static long vbg_misc_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int req,
if (size > SZ_16M)
return -E2BIG;
- /* __GFP_DMA32 because IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST passes this to the host */
- buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA32);
+ /*
+ * IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST needs the buffer to be below 4G to avoid
+ * the need for a bounce-buffer and another copy later on.
+ */
+ is_vmmdev_req = (req & ~IOCSIZE_MASK) == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST(0) ||
+ req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG;
+
+ if (is_vmmdev_req)
+ buf = vbg_req_alloc(size, VBG_IOCTL_HDR_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+ else
+ buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -132,7 +142,10 @@ static long vbg_misc_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int req,
ret = -EFAULT;
out:
- kfree(buf);
+ if (is_vmmdev_req)
+ vbg_req_free(buf, size);
+ else
+ kfree(buf);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c
index bad915463359..bf4474214b4d 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ VBG_LOG(vbg_debug, pr_debug);
void *vbg_req_alloc(size_t len, enum vmmdev_request_type req_type)
{
struct vmmdev_request_header *req;
+ int order = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(len));
- req = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA32);
+ req = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA32, order);
if (!req)
return NULL;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ void vbg_req_free(void *req, size_t len)
if (!req)
return;
- kfree(req);
+ free_pages((unsigned long)req, get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(len)));
}
/* Note this function returns a VBox status code, not a negative errno!! */