Instead of having gss_get_mic allocate memory for the mic, require the caller to pass an output buffer whose data pointer already points to preallocated memory. net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c | 5 +++-- net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c~gss_kmalloc_elimination net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c --- linux-2.6.0-test9/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c~gss_kmalloc_elimination 2003-11-07 18:54:35.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9-bfields/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c 2003-11-07 18:55:27.000000000 -0500 @@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ gss_marshal(struct rpc_task *task, u32 * /* set verifier flavor*/ *p++ = htonl(RPC_AUTH_GSS); + bufout.data = (u8 *)(p + 1); maj_stat = gss_get_mic(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, GSS_C_QOP_DEFAULT, &bufin, &bufout); @@ -724,9 +725,9 @@ gss_marshal(struct rpc_task *task, u32 * maj_stat); goto out_put_ctx; } - p = xdr_encode_netobj(p, &bufout); + *p++ = htonl(bufout.len); + p += XDR_QUADLEN(bufout.len); gss_put_ctx(ctx); - kfree(bufout.data); return p; out_put_ctx: gss_put_ctx(ctx); diff -puN net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c~gss_kmalloc_elimination net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c --- linux-2.6.0-test9/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c~gss_kmalloc_elimination 2003-11-07 18:54:35.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9-bfields/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c 2003-11-07 18:54:35.000000000 -0500 @@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ krb5_make_token(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, in now = jiffies; - token->data = NULL; - if (qop_req != 0) goto out_err; @@ -122,8 +120,6 @@ krb5_make_token(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, in } token->len = g_token_size(&ctx->mech_used, 22 + tmsglen); - if ((token->data = kmalloc(token->len, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) - goto out_err; ptr = token->data; g_make_token_header(&ctx->mech_used, 22 + tmsglen, &ptr, toktype); _