[PATCH net-next 1/8] b43, b43legacy: debugfs: use kmalloc() to allocate formatting buffers
Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
rppt at kernel.org
Tue Jun 30 03:59:20 PDT 2026
b43* debugfs functions allocate 16 KiB buffers for formatting debug output
text using __get_free_pages().
kmalloc() provides a better API that does not require ugly casts and
kfree() does not need to know the size of the freed object and for 16 Kib
allocation kmalloc() will anyway delegate it to buddy.
Replace use of __get_free_pages() with kmalloc().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c | 12 +++++-------
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c | 11 +++++------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
index acddae68947a..31a1ff00c1a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ static ssize_t b43_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
ssize_t ret;
char *buf;
const size_t bufsize = 1024 * 16; /* 16 kiB buffer */
- const size_t buforder = get_order(bufsize);
int err = 0;
if (!count)
@@ -518,15 +517,14 @@ static ssize_t b43_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
dfile = fops_to_dfs_file(dev, dfops);
if (!dfile->buffer) {
- buf = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, buforder);
+ buf = kzalloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
}
- memset(buf, 0, bufsize);
ret = dfops->read(dev, buf, bufsize);
if (ret <= 0) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)buf, buforder);
+ kfree(buf);
err = ret;
goto out_unlock;
}
@@ -538,7 +536,7 @@ static ssize_t b43_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
dfile->buffer,
dfile->data_len);
if (*ppos >= dfile->data_len) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)dfile->buffer, buforder);
+ kfree(dfile->buffer);
dfile->buffer = NULL;
dfile->data_len = 0;
}
@@ -577,7 +575,7 @@ static ssize_t b43_debugfs_write(struct file *file,
goto out_unlock;
}
- buf = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -591,7 +589,7 @@ static ssize_t b43_debugfs_write(struct file *file,
goto out_freepage;
out_freepage:
- free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+ kfree(buf);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&dev->wl->mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c
index 3ad99124d522..42cce5e0402d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
ssize_t ret;
char *buf;
const size_t bufsize = 1024 * 16; /* 16 KiB buffer */
- const size_t buforder = get_order(bufsize);
int err = 0;
if (!count)
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
dfile = fops_to_dfs_file(dev, dfops);
if (!dfile->buffer) {
- buf = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, buforder);
+ buf = kmalloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
} else
ret = dfops->read(dev, buf, bufsize);
if (ret <= 0) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)buf, buforder);
+ kfree(buf);
err = ret;
goto out_unlock;
}
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
dfile->buffer,
dfile->data_len);
if (*ppos >= dfile->data_len) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)dfile->buffer, buforder);
+ kfree(dfile->buffer);
dfile->buffer = NULL;
dfile->data_len = 0;
}
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_write(struct file *file,
goto out_unlock;
}
- buf = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ static ssize_t b43legacy_debugfs_write(struct file *file,
goto out_freepage;
out_freepage:
- free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+ kfree(buf);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&dev->wl->mutex);
--
2.53.0
More information about the b43-dev
mailing list