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The ice_vc_query_rxdid() function allocates memory to store the virtchnl_supported_rxdids structure used to communicate the bitmap of supported RXDIDs to a VF. This structure is only 8 bytes in size. The function must hold the allocated length on the stack as well as the pointer to the structure which itself is 8 bytes. Allocating this storage on the heap adds unnecessary overhead including a potential error path that must be handled in case kzalloc fails. Because this structure is so small, we're not saving stack space. Additionally, because we must ensure that we free the allocated memory, the return value from ice_vc_send_msg_to_vf() must also be saved in the stack ret variable. Depending on compiler optimization, this means allocating the 8-byte structure is requiring up to 16-bytes of stack memory! Simplify this function to keep the rxdid variable on the stack, saving memory and removing a potential failure exit path from this function. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.