2.6.12-rc1-mm1: hostap stack usage

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 02:51:59AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>...
> Changes since 2.6.11-mm4:
>...
>  bk-netdev.patch
>...
>  Latest versions of various bk trees
>...


The stack usage in some files under drivers/net/wireless/hostap/ is
too high.


drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c:

prism2_ioctl_giwaplist:
        struct sockaddr addr[IW_MAX_AP];
        struct iw_quality qual[IW_MAX_AP];

64 * (16 + 4) Bytes = 1280 Bytes

prism2_ioctl_ethtool:
        struct ethtool_drvinfo info = { ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO };

196 Bytes

__prism2_translate_scan:
        char buf[MAX_WPA_IE_LEN * 2 + 30];

(64 * 2) + 30 Bytes = 158 Bytes


drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c:

prism2_config:
        cisparse_t parse;
        u_char buf[64];
        config_info_t conf;

The main offender seems to be "parse" (but I'm too lame counting how 
many bytes it's exactly) resulting in nearly 1 kB stack usage.


drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c:

prism2_plx_check_cis:
#define CIS_MAX_LEN 256
        u8 cis[CIS_MAX_LEN];

256 Bytes



cu
Adrian

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