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-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c39
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index 405a62b..3a621a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -205,25 +205,36 @@ static void copy_single_comp(struct ore_components *oc, unsigned c,
int __alloc_objio_seg(unsigned numdevs, gfp_t gfp_flags,
struct objio_segment **pseg)
{
- struct __alloc_objio_segment {
- struct objio_segment olseg;
- struct ore_dev *ods[numdevs];
- struct ore_comp comps[numdevs];
- } *aolseg;
-
- aolseg = kzalloc(sizeof(*aolseg), gfp_flags);
- if (unlikely(!aolseg)) {
+/* This is the in memory structure of the objio_segment
+ *
+ * struct __alloc_objio_segment {
+ * struct objio_segment olseg;
+ * struct ore_dev *ods[numdevs];
+ * struct ore_comp comps[numdevs];
+ * } *aolseg;
+ * NOTE: The code as above compiles and runs perfectly. It is elegant,
+ * type safe and compact. At some Past time Linus has decided he does not
+ * like variable length arrays, For the sake of this principal we uglify
+ * the code as below.
+ */
+ struct objio_segment *lseg;
+ size_t lseg_size = sizeof(*lseg) +
+ numdevs * sizeof(lseg->oc.ods[0]) +
+ numdevs * sizeof(*lseg->oc.comps);
+
+ lseg = kzalloc(lseg_size, gfp_flags);
+ if (unlikely(!lseg)) {
dprintk("%s: Faild allocation numdevs=%d size=%zd\n", __func__,
- numdevs, sizeof(*aolseg));
+ numdevs, lseg_size);
return -ENOMEM;
}
- aolseg->olseg.oc.numdevs = numdevs;
- aolseg->olseg.oc.single_comp = EC_MULTPLE_COMPS;
- aolseg->olseg.oc.comps = aolseg->comps;
- aolseg->olseg.oc.ods = aolseg->ods;
+ lseg->oc.numdevs = numdevs;
+ lseg->oc.single_comp = EC_MULTPLE_COMPS;
+ lseg->oc.ods = (void *)(lseg + 1);
+ lseg->oc.comps = (void *)(lseg->oc.ods + numdevs);
- *pseg = &aolseg->olseg;
+ *pseg = lseg;
return 0;
}
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