1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 99014516b73c..b28a0b037f4f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -736,6 +736,11 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
         __rpc_execute(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
 }
 
+struct rpc_buffer {
+        size_t  len;
+        char    data[];
+};
+
 /**
  * rpc_malloc - allocate an RPC buffer
  * @task: RPC task that will use this buffer
@@ -754,18 +759,18 @@ static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 {
-        size_t *buf;
+        struct rpc_buffer *buf;
         gfp_t gfp = RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_NOWAIT;
 
-        size += sizeof(size_t);
+        size += sizeof(struct rpc_buffer);
         if (size <= RPC_BUFFER_MAXSIZE)
                 buf = mempool_alloc(rpc_buffer_mempool, gfp);
         else
                 buf = kmalloc(size, gfp);
-        *buf = size;
+        buf->len = size;
         dprintk("RPC: %5u allocated buffer of size %zu at %p\n",
                         task->tk_pid, size, buf);
-        return ++buf;
+        return &buf->data;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -775,15 +780,18 @@ void *rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
  */
 void rpc_free(void *buffer)
 {
-        size_t size, *buf = buffer;
+        size_t size;
+        struct rpc_buffer *buf;
 
         if (!buffer)
                 return;
-        size = *buf;
-        buf--;
+
+        buf = container_of(buffer, struct rpc_buffer, data);
+        size = buf->len;
 
         dprintk("RPC:       freeing buffer of size %zu at %p\n",
                         size, buf);
+
         if (size <= RPC_BUFFER_MAXSIZE)
                 mempool_free(buf, rpc_buffer_mempool);
         else