From 6087b2dab2c914268b1a50882edbbad82bfefd29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Badari Pulavarty Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:57:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] optimize compat_core_sys_select() by a using stack space for small fd sets Optimize select by a using stack space for small fd sets. core_sys_select() already has this optimization. This is for compat version. Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/compat.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c index 1de2331db844..4db6216e5266 100644 --- a/fs/compat.c +++ b/fs/compat.c @@ -1544,9 +1544,10 @@ int compat_core_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp, compat_ulong_t __user *outp, compat_ulong_t __user *exp, s64 *timeout) { fd_set_bits fds; - char *bits; + void *bits; int size, max_fds, ret = -EINVAL; struct fdtable *fdt; + long stack_fds[SELECT_STACK_ALLOC/sizeof(long)]; if (n < 0) goto out_nofds; @@ -1564,11 +1565,14 @@ int compat_core_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp, * since we used fdset we need to allocate memory in units of * long-words. */ - ret = -ENOMEM; size = FDS_BYTES(n); - bits = kmalloc(6 * size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!bits) - goto out_nofds; + bits = stack_fds; + if (size > sizeof(stack_fds) / 6) { + bits = kmalloc(6 * size, GFP_KERNEL); + ret = -ENOMEM; + if (!bits) + goto out_nofds; + } fds.in = (unsigned long *) bits; fds.out = (unsigned long *) (bits + size); fds.ex = (unsigned long *) (bits + 2*size); @@ -1600,7 +1604,8 @@ int compat_core_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp, compat_set_fd_set(n, exp, fds.res_ex)) ret = -EFAULT; out: - kfree(bits); + if (bits != stack_fds) + kfree(bits); out_nofds: return ret; } -- 2.20.1