On 27.03.23 00:05, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 05:34:20PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> The mtrr_value[] array is a static variable, which is used only in a >> few configurations. Consuming 6kB is ridiculous for this case, > > Ah, that struct mtrr_value is of size 24 due to that first member > mtrr_type getting padded even if it is a u8. > >> especially as the array doesn't need to be that large and it can easily >> be allocated dynamically. >> >> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross >> --- >> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c | 3 ++- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c >> index 0c83990501f5..50cd2287b6e1 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c >> @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ struct mtrr_value { >> unsigned long lsize; >> }; >> >> -static struct mtrr_value mtrr_value[MTRR_MAX_VAR_RANGES]; >> +static struct mtrr_value *mtrr_value; >> >> static int mtrr_save(void) >> { >> @@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ static int __init mtrr_init_finialize(void) >> * TBD: is there any system with such CPU which supports >> * suspend/resume? If no, we should remove the code. >> */ >> + mtrr_value = kcalloc(num_var_ranges, sizeof(*mtrr_value), GFP_KERNEL); > > Pls put that over the comment. > > Also, you need to handle kcalloc() returning an error. Okay. Juergen