1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8a49b2e77d37..e9dcf5ee29a2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
         pgoff_t end;
         pgoff_t index;
         int range_whole = 0;
-        struct kvec iov[32];
+        struct kvec * iov;
         int len;
         int n_iov = 0;
         pgoff_t next;
@@ -1171,15 +1171,21 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
         if((cifs_sb->tcon->ses) && (cifs_sb->tcon->ses->server))
                 if(cifs_sb->tcon->ses->server->secMode &
                           (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))
-                        if(!experimEnabled)
+                        if(!experimEnabled) 
                                 return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
+        iov = kmalloc(32 * sizeof(struct kvec), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if(iov == NULL)
+                return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+
+
         /*
          * BB: Is this meaningful for a non-block-device file system?
          * If it is, we should test it again after we do I/O
          */
         if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
                 wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
+                kfree(iov);
                 return 0;
         }
 
@@ -1345,7 +1351,7 @@ retry:
                 mapping->writeback_index = index;
 
         FreeXid(xid);
-
+        kfree(iov);
         return rc;
 }