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SubjectRe: [PATCH wireless-next] brcmsmac: avoid 512 byte stack variable
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On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 13:13 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
> Dynamically allocate the probe response template which
> avoids potential stack corruption. Observed with smatch:

trivial:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
[]
> @@ -7408,9 +7408,16 @@ brcms_c_bss_update_probe_resp(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
[]
> + prb_resp = kmalloc(BCN_TMPL_LEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!prb_resp) {
> + wiphy_err(wlc->wiphy, "wl: %s: failed to alloc %u bytes\n",
> + __func__, BCN_TMPL_LEN);

Please remove the error message.
alloc's don't need specific OOM messages.

The mm subsystem already provides a standardized
message with a dump_stack().




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