sunrpc: fix crash in rpc_malloc()

[powerpc.git] / net / sunrpc / sched.c

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 9901451..b011eb6 100644 (file)
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -736,6 +736,11 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
        __rpc_execute(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
 }
 
+struct rpc_buffer {
+       size_t  len;
+       char    data[];
+};
+
 /**
  * rpc_malloc - allocate an RPC buffer
  * @task: RPC task that will use this buffer
@@ -754,18 +759,22 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 {
-       size_t *buf;
+       struct rpc_buffer *buf;
        gfp_t gfp = RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_NOWAIT;
 
-       size += sizeof(size_t);
+       size += sizeof(struct rpc_buffer);
        if (size <= RPC_BUFFER_MAXSIZE)
                buf = mempool_alloc(rpc_buffer_mempool, gfp);
        else
                buf = kmalloc(size, gfp);
-       *buf = size;
+
+       if (!buf)
+               return NULL;
+
+       buf->len = size;
        dprintk("RPC: %5u allocated buffer of size %zu at %p\n",
                        task->tk_pid, size, buf);
-       return ++buf;
+       return &buf->data;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -775,15 +784,18 @@ void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
  */
 void rpc_free(void *buffer)
 {
-       size_t size, *buf = buffer;
+       size_t size;
+       struct rpc_buffer *buf;
 
        if (!buffer)
                return;
-       size = *buf;
-       buf--;
+
+       buf = container_of(buffer, struct rpc_buffer, data);
+       size = buf->len;
 
        dprintk("RPC:       freeing buffer of size %zu at %p\n",
                        size, buf);
+
        if (size <= RPC_BUFFER_MAXSIZE)
                mempool_free(buf, rpc_buffer_mempool);
        else