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Changes do_insn*_ioctl functions to allow for data lengths for each comedi_insn of up to 2^16. This patch also changes these functions to only allocate as much memory as is necessary for each comedi_insn, rather than allocating a fixed-sized scratch space. In testing some user-space code for the new INSN_DEVICE_CONFIG_GET_ROUTES facility with some newer hardware, I discovered that do_insn_ioctl and do_insnlist_ioctl limited the amount of data that can be passed into the kernel for insn's to a length of 256. For some newer hardware, the number of routes can be greater than 1000. Working around the old limits (256) would complicate the user-space/kernel interaction. The new upper limit is reasonable with current memory available and does not otherwise impact the memory footprint for any current or otherwise typical configuration. Signed-off-by: Spencer E. Olson <olsonse@umich.edu> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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