2018-04-09 21:10:06

by Laura Abbott

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Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

There's an ongoing effort to remove VLAs from the kernel
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621) to eventually turn on -Wvla.
The uses in dmatest are bounded by a check to make sure they fit
in a u8 so use that as an upper bound.

Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <[email protected]>
---
drivers/dma/dmatest.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
index 80cc2be6483c..dcf787b173e4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
&& !(params->iterations && total_tests >= params->iterations)) {
struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
struct dmaengine_unmap_data *um;
- dma_addr_t srcs[src_cnt];
+ /* total buffer count must fit into u8 */
+ dma_addr_t srcs[255];
dma_addr_t *dsts;
unsigned int src_off, dst_off, len;

@@ -669,7 +670,8 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
srcs, src_cnt,
len, flags);
else if (thread->type == DMA_PQ) {
- dma_addr_t dma_pq[dst_cnt];
+ /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
+ dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];

for (i = 0; i < dst_cnt; i++)
dma_pq[i] = dsts[i] + dst_off;
--
2.14.3



2018-04-09 22:54:10

by Sinan Kaya

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

On 4/9/2018 5:06 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> + /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
> + dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];

This is 2k stack space on 64 bit architectures. Isn't that a lot?

--
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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2018-04-09 23:18:21

by Laura Abbott

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

On 04/09/2018 03:48 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 4/9/2018 5:06 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>> + /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
>> + dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];
>
> This is 2k stack space on 64 bit architectures. Isn't that a lot?
>

Depends on your definition of 'a lot'. My assumption was that
since this was a test module there would be some willingness
to be a bit more generous. The problem is the array size is
based off of the parameters passed in, although oddly enough
it's based off of the minimum of two variables. If you have
a suggestion for a tighter bound we can use that. Another
option is to just switch to allocating the array with kmalloc.
That might be reasonable here since there's other setup
that happens before the test starts.

Thanks,
Laura


2018-04-09 23:22:58

by Sinan Kaya

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

On 2018-04-09 19:14, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 04/09/2018 03:48 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> On 4/9/2018 5:06 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>> + /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
>>> + dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];
>>
>> This is 2k stack space on 64 bit architectures. Isn't that a lot?
>>
>
> Depends on your definition of 'a lot'. My assumption was that
> since this was a test module there would be some willingness
> to be a bit more generous. The problem is the array size is
> based off of the parameters passed in, although oddly enough
> it's based off of the minimum of two variables. If you have
> a suggestion for a tighter bound we can use that. Another
> option is to just switch to allocating the array with kmalloc.
> That might be reasonable here since there's other setup
> that happens before the test starts.

I think allocation is a better choice.

>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
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2018-04-10 04:07:57

by kernel test robot

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

Hi Laura,

I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.16 next-20180409]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]

url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Laura-Abbott/dmaengine-dmatest-Remove-use-of-VLAs/20180410-094633
config: i386-randconfig-x076-201814 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-1) 7.3.0
reproduce:
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make ARCH=i386

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/kasan-checks.h:kasan_check_write
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:set_bit
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:constant_test_bit
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:variable_test_bit
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:fls
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/log2.h:__ilog2_u32
Cyclomatic Complexity 3 include/linux/log2.h:is_power_of_2
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:INIT_LIST_HEAD
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:__list_add_valid
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:__list_del_entry_valid
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/list.h:__list_add
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:list_add_tail
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:__list_del
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/list.h:__list_del_entry
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/list.h:list_del
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/err.h:IS_ERR
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:get_current
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:arch_atomic_read
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:arch_atomic_inc
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:arch_atomic_dec_and_test
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h:atomic_read
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h:atomic_inc
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h:atomic_dec_and_test
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/asm-generic/getorder.h:__get_order
Cyclomatic Complexity 3 include/linux/bitmap.h:bitmap_zero
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/jiffies.h:_msecs_to_jiffies
Cyclomatic Complexity 3 include/linux/jiffies.h:msecs_to_jiffies
Cyclomatic Complexity 70 include/linux/ktime.h:ktime_divns
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/ktime.h:ktime_to_us
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/mmzone.h:pfn_to_section_nr
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/mmzone.h:__nr_to_section
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/mmzone.h:__section_mem_map_addr
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/mmzone.h:__pfn_to_section
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/kobject.h:kobject_name
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/device.h:dev_name
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dma-debug.h:debug_dma_map_page
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dma-debug.h:debug_dma_mapping_error
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dma-mapping.h:valid_dma_direction
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h:get_arch_dma_ops
Cyclomatic Complexity 4 include/linux/dma-mapping.h:get_dma_ops
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dma-mapping.h:dma_map_page_attrs
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/dma-mapping.h:dma_mapping_error
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_submit_error
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_chan_name
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dmaengine_terminate_all
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dmaf_continue
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dmaf_p_disabled_continue
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_dev_has_pq_continue
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_dev_to_maxpq
Cyclomatic Complexity 4 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_maxpq
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:__dma_cap_set
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:__dma_cap_zero
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/dmaengine.h:__dma_has_cap
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_async_issue_pending
Cyclomatic Complexity 3 include/linux/dmaengine.h:dma_async_is_tx_complete
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/freezer.h:freezing
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/freezer.h:try_to_freeze_unsafe
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/freezer.h:try_to_freeze
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/kasan.h:kasan_kmalloc
Cyclomatic Complexity 28 include/linux/slab.h:kmalloc_index
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/slab.h:kmem_cache_alloc_trace
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/slab.h:kmalloc_order_trace
Cyclomatic Complexity 67 include/linux/slab.h:kmalloc_large
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 include/linux/slab.h:kmalloc
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 include/linux/slab.h:kmalloc_array
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/slab.h:kcalloc
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 include/linux/slab.h:kzalloc
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 include/linux/sched/task.h:put_task_struct
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:gen_inv_idx
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:gen_src_value
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:gen_dst_value
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_init_srcs
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_init_dsts
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:min_odd
Cyclomatic Complexity 8 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:is_threaded_test_run
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_mismatch
Cyclomatic Complexity 6 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_verify
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:result
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dbg_result
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_cleanup_channel
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:stop_threaded_test
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_run_get
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_exit
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_match_channel
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_match_device
Cyclomatic Complexity 3 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:filter
Cyclomatic Complexity 69 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_persec
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_KBs
Cyclomatic Complexity 8 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_add_threads
Cyclomatic Complexity 8 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_add_channel
Cyclomatic Complexity 5 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:request_channels
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:run_threaded_test
Cyclomatic Complexity 2 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:restart_threaded_test
Cyclomatic Complexity 4 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_run_set
Cyclomatic Complexity 4 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_callback
Cyclomatic Complexity 1 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_random
Cyclomatic Complexity 52 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_func
Cyclomatic Complexity 4 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_wait_get
Cyclomatic Complexity 6 drivers/dma/dmatest.c:dmatest_init
drivers/dma/dmatest.c: In function 'dmatest_func':
>> drivers/dma/dmatest.c:806:1: warning: the frame size of 4264 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
}
^

vim +806 drivers/dma/dmatest.c

95019c8c5 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 425
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 426 /*
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 427 * This function repeatedly tests DMA transfers of various lengths and
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 428 * offsets for a given operation type until it is told to exit by
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 429 * kthread_stop(). There may be multiple threads running this function
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 430 * in parallel for a single channel, and there may be multiple channels
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 431 * being tested in parallel.
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 432 *
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 433 * Before each test, the source and destination buffer is initialized
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 434 * with a known pattern. This pattern is different depending on
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 435 * whether it's in an area which is supposed to be copied or
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 436 * overwritten, and different in the source and destination buffers.
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 437 * So if the DMA engine doesn't copy exactly what we tell it to copy,
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 438 * we'll notice.
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 439 */
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 440 static int dmatest_func(void *data)
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 441 {
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 442 struct dmatest_thread *thread = data;
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 443 struct dmatest_done *done = &thread->test_done;
e03e93a97 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 444 struct dmatest_info *info;
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 445 struct dmatest_params *params;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 446 struct dma_chan *chan;
8be9e32b3 Akinobu Mita 2012-10-28 447 struct dma_device *dev;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 448 unsigned int error_count;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 449 unsigned int failed_tests = 0;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 450 unsigned int total_tests = 0;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 451 dma_cookie_t cookie;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 452 enum dma_status status;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 453 enum dma_ctrl_flags flags;
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 454 u8 *pq_coefs = NULL;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 455 int ret;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 456 int src_cnt;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 457 int dst_cnt;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 458 int i;
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 459 ktime_t ktime, start, diff;
8b0e19531 Thomas Gleixner 2016-12-25 460 ktime_t filltime = 0;
8b0e19531 Thomas Gleixner 2016-12-25 461 ktime_t comparetime = 0;
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 462 s64 runtime = 0;
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 463 unsigned long long total_len = 0;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 464 u8 align = 0;
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 465 bool is_memset = false;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 466
adfa543e7 Tejun Heo 2011-11-23 467 set_freezable();
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 468
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 469 ret = -ENOMEM;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 470
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 471 smp_rmb();
e03e93a97 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 472 info = thread->info;
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 473 params = &info->params;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 474 chan = thread->chan;
8be9e32b3 Akinobu Mita 2012-10-28 475 dev = chan->device;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 476 if (thread->type == DMA_MEMCPY) {
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 477 align = dev->copy_align;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 478 src_cnt = dst_cnt = 1;
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 479 } else if (thread->type == DMA_MEMSET) {
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 480 align = dev->fill_align;
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 481 src_cnt = dst_cnt = 1;
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 482 is_memset = true;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 483 } else if (thread->type == DMA_XOR) {
8be9e32b3 Akinobu Mita 2012-10-28 484 /* force odd to ensure dst = src */
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 485 src_cnt = min_odd(params->xor_sources | 1, dev->max_xor);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 486 dst_cnt = 1;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 487 align = dev->xor_align;
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 488 } else if (thread->type == DMA_PQ) {
8be9e32b3 Akinobu Mita 2012-10-28 489 /* force odd to ensure dst = src */
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 490 src_cnt = min_odd(params->pq_sources | 1, dma_maxpq(dev, 0));
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 491 dst_cnt = 2;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 492 align = dev->pq_align;
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 493
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 494 pq_coefs = kmalloc(params->pq_sources + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 495 if (!pq_coefs)
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 496 goto err_thread_type;
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 497
94de648d7 Anatolij Gustschin 2010-02-15 498 for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++)
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 499 pq_coefs[i] = 1;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 500 } else
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 501 goto err_thread_type;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 502
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 503 thread->srcs = kcalloc(src_cnt + 1, sizeof(u8 *), GFP_KERNEL);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 504 if (!thread->srcs)
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 505 goto err_srcs;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 506
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 507 thread->usrcs = kcalloc(src_cnt + 1, sizeof(u8 *), GFP_KERNEL);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 508 if (!thread->usrcs)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 509 goto err_usrcs;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 510
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 511 for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++) {
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 512 thread->usrcs[i] = kmalloc(params->buf_size + align,
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 513 GFP_KERNEL);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 514 if (!thread->usrcs[i])
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 515 goto err_srcbuf;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 516
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 517 /* align srcs to alignment restriction */
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 518 if (align)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 519 thread->srcs[i] = PTR_ALIGN(thread->usrcs[i], align);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 520 else
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 521 thread->srcs[i] = thread->usrcs[i];
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 522 }
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 523 thread->srcs[i] = NULL;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 524
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 525 thread->dsts = kcalloc(dst_cnt + 1, sizeof(u8 *), GFP_KERNEL);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 526 if (!thread->dsts)
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 527 goto err_dsts;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 528
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 529 thread->udsts = kcalloc(dst_cnt + 1, sizeof(u8 *), GFP_KERNEL);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 530 if (!thread->udsts)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 531 goto err_udsts;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 532
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 533 for (i = 0; i < dst_cnt; i++) {
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 534 thread->udsts[i] = kmalloc(params->buf_size + align,
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 535 GFP_KERNEL);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 536 if (!thread->udsts[i])
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 537 goto err_dstbuf;
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 538
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 539 /* align dsts to alignment restriction */
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 540 if (align)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 541 thread->dsts[i] = PTR_ALIGN(thread->udsts[i], align);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 542 else
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 543 thread->dsts[i] = thread->udsts[i];
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 544 }
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 545 thread->dsts[i] = NULL;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 546
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 547 set_user_nice(current, 10);
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 548
b203bd3f6 Ira Snyder 2011-03-03 549 /*
d1cab34c0 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz 2013-10-18 550 * src and dst buffers are freed by ourselves below
b203bd3f6 Ira Snyder 2011-03-03 551 */
0776ae7b8 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz 2013-10-18 552 flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 553
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 554 ktime = ktime_get();
0a2ff57d6 Nicolas Ferre 2009-07-03 555 while (!kthread_should_stop()
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 556 && !(params->iterations && total_tests >= params->iterations)) {
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 557 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 558 struct dmaengine_unmap_data *um;
e9fe1e34b Laura Abbott 2018-04-09 559 /* total buffer count must fit into u8 */
e9fe1e34b Laura Abbott 2018-04-09 560 dma_addr_t srcs[255];
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 561 dma_addr_t *dsts;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 562 unsigned int src_off, dst_off, len;
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 563
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 564 total_tests++;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 565
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 566 /* Check if buffer count fits into map count variable (u8) */
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 567 if ((src_cnt + dst_cnt) >= 255) {
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 568 pr_err("too many buffers (%d of 255 supported)\n",
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 569 src_cnt + dst_cnt);
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 570 break;
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 571 }
fbfb8e1dc Stefan Roese 2017-04-27 572
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 573 if (1 << align > params->buf_size) {
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 574 pr_err("%u-byte buffer too small for %d-byte alignment\n",
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 575 params->buf_size, 1 << align);
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 576 break;
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 577 }
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 578
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 579 if (params->noverify)
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 580 len = params->buf_size;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 581 else
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 582 len = dmatest_random() % params->buf_size + 1;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 583
83544ae9f Dan Williams 2009-09-08 584 len = (len >> align) << align;
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 585 if (!len)
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 586 len = 1 << align;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 587
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 588 total_len += len;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 589
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 590 if (params->noverify) {
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 591 src_off = 0;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 592 dst_off = 0;
ede23a586 Andy Shevchenko 2014-10-22 593 } else {
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 594 start = ktime_get();
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 595 src_off = dmatest_random() % (params->buf_size - len + 1);
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 596 dst_off = dmatest_random() % (params->buf_size - len + 1);
cfe4f2751 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2009-12-04 597
83544ae9f Dan Williams 2009-09-08 598 src_off = (src_off >> align) << align;
83544ae9f Dan Williams 2009-09-08 599 dst_off = (dst_off >> align) << align;
83544ae9f Dan Williams 2009-09-08 600
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 601 dmatest_init_srcs(thread->srcs, src_off, len,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 602 params->buf_size, is_memset);
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 603 dmatest_init_dsts(thread->dsts, dst_off, len,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 604 params->buf_size, is_memset);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 605
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 606 diff = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 607 filltime = ktime_add(filltime, diff);
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 608 }
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 609
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 610 um = dmaengine_get_unmap_data(dev->dev, src_cnt + dst_cnt,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 611 GFP_KERNEL);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 612 if (!um) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 613 failed_tests++;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 614 result("unmap data NULL", total_tests,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 615 src_off, dst_off, len, ret);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 616 continue;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 617 }
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 618
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 619 um->len = params->buf_size;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 620 for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++) {
745c00daf Dan Williams 2013-12-09 621 void *buf = thread->srcs[i];
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 622 struct page *pg = virt_to_page(buf);
f62e5f613 Geliang Tang 2017-04-22 623 unsigned long pg_off = offset_in_page(buf);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 624
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 625 um->addr[i] = dma_map_page(dev->dev, pg, pg_off,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 626 um->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 627 srcs[i] = um->addr[i] + src_off;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 628 ret = dma_mapping_error(dev->dev, um->addr[i]);
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 629 if (ret) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 630 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 631 result("src mapping error", total_tests,
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 632 src_off, dst_off, len, ret);
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 633 failed_tests++;
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 634 continue;
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 635 }
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 636 um->to_cnt++;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 637 }
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 638 /* map with DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL to force writeback/invalidate */
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 639 dsts = &um->addr[src_cnt];
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 640 for (i = 0; i < dst_cnt; i++) {
745c00daf Dan Williams 2013-12-09 641 void *buf = thread->dsts[i];
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 642 struct page *pg = virt_to_page(buf);
f62e5f613 Geliang Tang 2017-04-22 643 unsigned long pg_off = offset_in_page(buf);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 644
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 645 dsts[i] = dma_map_page(dev->dev, pg, pg_off, um->len,
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 646 DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 647 ret = dma_mapping_error(dev->dev, dsts[i]);
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 648 if (ret) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 649 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 650 result("dst mapping error", total_tests,
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 651 src_off, dst_off, len, ret);
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 652 failed_tests++;
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 653 continue;
afde3be12 Andy Shevchenko 2012-12-17 654 }
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 655 um->bidi_cnt++;
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 656 }
83544ae9f Dan Williams 2009-09-08 657
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 658 if (thread->type == DMA_MEMCPY)
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 659 tx = dev->device_prep_dma_memcpy(chan,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 660 dsts[0] + dst_off,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 661 srcs[0], len, flags);
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 662 else if (thread->type == DMA_MEMSET)
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 663 tx = dev->device_prep_dma_memset(chan,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 664 dsts[0] + dst_off,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 665 *(thread->srcs[0] + src_off),
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 666 len, flags);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 667 else if (thread->type == DMA_XOR)
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 668 tx = dev->device_prep_dma_xor(chan,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 669 dsts[0] + dst_off,
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 670 srcs, src_cnt,
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 671 len, flags);
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 672 else if (thread->type == DMA_PQ) {
e9fe1e34b Laura Abbott 2018-04-09 673 /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
e9fe1e34b Laura Abbott 2018-04-09 674 dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 675
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 676 for (i = 0; i < dst_cnt; i++)
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 677 dma_pq[i] = dsts[i] + dst_off;
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 678 tx = dev->device_prep_dma_pq(chan, dma_pq, srcs,
94de648d7 Anatolij Gustschin 2010-02-15 679 src_cnt, pq_coefs,
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 680 len, flags);
58691d64c Dan Williams 2009-08-29 681 }
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 682
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 683 if (!tx) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 684 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 685 result("prep error", total_tests, src_off,
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 686 dst_off, len, ret);
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 687 msleep(100);
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 688 failed_tests++;
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 689 continue;
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 690 }
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 691
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 692 done->done = false;
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 693 tx->callback = dmatest_callback;
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 694 tx->callback_param = done;
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 695 cookie = tx->tx_submit(tx);
d86be86e9 Atsushi Nemoto 2009-01-13 696
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 697 if (dma_submit_error(cookie)) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 698 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 699 result("submit error", total_tests, src_off,
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 700 dst_off, len, ret);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 701 msleep(100);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 702 failed_tests++;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 703 continue;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 704 }
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 705 dma_async_issue_pending(chan);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 706
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 707 wait_event_freezable_timeout(thread->done_wait, done->done,
15b8a8ea1 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 708 msecs_to_jiffies(params->timeout));
981ed70d8 Guennadi Liakhovetski 2011-08-18 709
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 710 status = dma_async_is_tx_complete(chan, cookie, NULL, NULL);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 711
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 712 if (!done->done) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 713 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 714 result("test timed out", total_tests, src_off, dst_off,
95019c8c5 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 715 len, 0);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 716 failed_tests++;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 717 continue;
19e9f99f2 Vinod Koul 2013-10-16 718 } else if (status != DMA_COMPLETE) {
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 719 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 720 result(status == DMA_ERROR ?
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 721 "completion error status" :
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 722 "completion busy status", total_tests, src_off,
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 723 dst_off, len, ret);
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 724 failed_tests++;
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 725 continue;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 726 }
e44e0aa3c Dan Williams 2009-03-25 727
4076e755d Dan Williams 2013-11-06 728 dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 729
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 730 if (params->noverify) {
50137a7df Dan Williams 2013-11-08 731 verbose_result("test passed", total_tests, src_off,
50137a7df Dan Williams 2013-11-08 732 dst_off, len, 0);
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 733 continue;
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 734 }
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 735
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 736 start = ktime_get();
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 737 pr_debug("%s: verifying source buffer...\n", current->comm);
e3b9c3473 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 738 error_count = dmatest_verify(thread->srcs, 0, src_off,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 739 0, PATTERN_SRC, true, is_memset);
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 740 error_count += dmatest_verify(thread->srcs, src_off,
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 741 src_off + len, src_off,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 742 PATTERN_SRC | PATTERN_COPY, true, is_memset);
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 743 error_count += dmatest_verify(thread->srcs, src_off + len,
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 744 params->buf_size, src_off + len,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 745 PATTERN_SRC, true, is_memset);
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 746
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 747 pr_debug("%s: verifying dest buffer...\n", current->comm);
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 748 error_count += dmatest_verify(thread->dsts, 0, dst_off,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 749 0, PATTERN_DST, false, is_memset);
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 750
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 751 error_count += dmatest_verify(thread->dsts, dst_off,
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 752 dst_off + len, src_off,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 753 PATTERN_SRC | PATTERN_COPY, false, is_memset);
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 754
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 755 error_count += dmatest_verify(thread->dsts, dst_off + len,
7b6101782 Dan Williams 2013-11-06 756 params->buf_size, dst_off + len,
61b5f54d8 Sinan Kaya 2017-06-29 757 PATTERN_DST, false, is_memset);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 758
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 759 diff = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 760 comparetime = ktime_add(comparetime, diff);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 761
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 762 if (error_count) {
872f05c6e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 763 result("data error", total_tests, src_off, dst_off,
95019c8c5 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 764 len, error_count);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 765 failed_tests++;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 766 } else {
50137a7df Dan Williams 2013-11-08 767 verbose_result("test passed", total_tests, src_off,
50137a7df Dan Williams 2013-11-08 768 dst_off, len, 0);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 769 }
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 770 }
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 771 ktime = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), ktime);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 772 ktime = ktime_sub(ktime, comparetime);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 773 ktime = ktime_sub(ktime, filltime);
e9405ef08 Sinan Kaya 2016-09-01 774 runtime = ktime_to_us(ktime);
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 775
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 776 ret = 0;
8e1f50d74 Andy Shevchenko 2014-08-22 777 err_dstbuf:
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 778 for (i = 0; thread->udsts[i]; i++)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 779 kfree(thread->udsts[i]);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 780 kfree(thread->udsts);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 781 err_udsts:
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 782 kfree(thread->dsts);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 783 err_dsts:
8e1f50d74 Andy Shevchenko 2014-08-22 784 err_srcbuf:
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 785 for (i = 0; thread->usrcs[i]; i++)
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 786 kfree(thread->usrcs[i]);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 787 kfree(thread->usrcs);
d64816086 Dave Jiang 2016-11-29 788 err_usrcs:
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 789 kfree(thread->srcs);
b54d5cb91 Dan Williams 2009-03-25 790 err_srcs:
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 791 kfree(pq_coefs);
945b5af3c Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 792 err_thread_type:
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 793 pr_info("%s: summary %u tests, %u failures %llu iops %llu KB/s (%d)\n",
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 794 current->comm, total_tests, failed_tests,
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 795 dmatest_persec(runtime, total_tests),
86727443a Dan Williams 2013-11-06 796 dmatest_KBs(runtime, total_len), ret);
0a2ff57d6 Nicolas Ferre 2009-07-03 797
9704efaa5 Viresh Kumar 2011-07-29 798 /* terminate all transfers on specified channels */
6f6a23a21 Adam Wallis 2017-11-27 799 if (ret || failed_tests)
944ea4dd3 Jon Mason 2012-11-11 800 dmaengine_terminate_all(chan);
5e034f7b6 Shiraz Hashim 2012-11-09 801
3e5ccd866 Andy Shevchenko 2013-03-04 802 thread->done = true;
2d88ce76e Dan Williams 2013-11-06 803 wake_up(&thread_wait);
0a2ff57d6 Nicolas Ferre 2009-07-03 804
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 805 return ret;
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 @806 }
4a776f0aa Haavard Skinnemoen 2008-07-08 807

:::::: The code at line 806 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 4a776f0aa922a552460192c07b56f4fe9cd82632 dmatest: Simple DMA memcpy test client

:::::: TO: Haavard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
:::::: CC: Dan Williams <[email protected]>

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2018-04-10 15:38:24

by Vinod Koul

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Remove use of VLAs

On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:14:20PM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 04/09/2018 03:48 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> >On 4/9/2018 5:06 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> >>+ /* dst_cnt can't be more than u8 */
> >>+ dma_addr_t dma_pq[255];
> >
> >This is 2k stack space on 64 bit architectures. Isn't that a lot?
> >
>
> Depends on your definition of 'a lot'. My assumption was that
> since this was a test module there would be some willingness
> to be a bit more generous. The problem is the array size is
> based off of the parameters passed in, although oddly enough
> it's based off of the minimum of two variables. If you have
> a suggestion for a tighter bound we can use that. Another
> option is to just switch to allocating the array with kmalloc.
> That might be reasonable here since there's other setup
> that happens before the test starts.

Being a test module I don't think I would have too many qualms with current
approach :) said that kmalloc approach seems reasonable too..

Thanks
--
~Vinod