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ath6kl: Use vmalloc instead of kmalloc for fw

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Sometimes it has been observed that allocating a contiguous memory
of more than 100K fails with kmalloc. This has been modified to
use vmalloc instead.

Signed-off-by: PingYang Zhang <pingzhan@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <nataraja@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
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Vivek Natarajan 2012-03-28 19:21:25 +05:30 committed by Kalle Valo
parent f599359cb9
commit 8437754c83
2 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.c
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@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include "debug.h"
#include "hif-ops.h"
@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ void ath6kl_core_cleanup(struct ath6kl *ar)
kfree(ar->fw_board);
kfree(ar->fw_otp);
kfree(ar->fw);
vfree(ar->fw);
kfree(ar->fw_patch);
kfree(ar->fw_testscript);

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/mmc/sdio_func.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include "core.h"
#include "cfg80211.h"
@ -928,13 +929,14 @@ static int ath6kl_fetch_fw_apin(struct ath6kl *ar, const char *name)
if (ar->fw != NULL)
break;
ar->fw = kmemdup(data, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
ar->fw = vmalloc(ie_len);
if (ar->fw == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
memcpy(ar->fw, data, ie_len);
ar->fw_len = ie_len;
break;
case ATH6KL_FW_IE_PATCH_IMAGE: