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[net-next] iavf: Avoid a memory allocation in iavf_print_link_message()

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Commit Message

Christophe JAILLET Sept. 23, 2023, 12:17 p.m. UTC
IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN is only 13 and 'speed' is allocated and freed within
iavf_print_link_message().

'speed' is only used with some snprintf() and netdev_info() calls.

So there is no real use to kzalloc()/free() it. Use the stack instead.
This saves a memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Przemek Kitszel Sept. 25, 2023, 8:11 a.m. UTC | #1
On 9/23/23 14:17, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN is only 13 and 'speed' is allocated and freed within
> iavf_print_link_message().
> 
> 'speed' is only used with some snprintf() and netdev_info() calls.
> 
> So there is no real use to kzalloc()/free() it. Use the stack instead.
> This saves a memory allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 7 +------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> index 8ce6389b5815..980dc69d7fbe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -1389,18 +1389,14 @@ void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
>   static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>   {
>   	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
> +	char speed[IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN];
>   	int link_speed_mbps;
> -	char *speed;
>   
>   	if (!adapter->link_up) {
>   		netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Down\n");
>   		return;
>   	}
>   
> -	speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!speed)
> -		return;
> -
>   	if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
>   		link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
>   		goto print_link_msg;
> @@ -1452,7 +1448,6 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>   	}
>   
>   	netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
> -	kfree(speed);
>   }
>   
>   /**

Looks fine, thanks!
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>

I know that Jesse is fixing snprintf() calls currently,
but I bet it's not conflicting.
Jesse Brandeburg Oct. 3, 2023, 5:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On 9/23/2023 5:17 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN is only 13 and 'speed' is allocated and freed within
> iavf_print_link_message().
> 
> 'speed' is only used with some snprintf() and netdev_info() calls.
> 
> So there is no real use to kzalloc()/free() it. Use the stack instead.
> This saves a memory allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> index 8ce6389b5815..980dc69d7fbe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -1389,18 +1389,14 @@ void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
>  static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>  {
>  	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
> +	char speed[IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN];
>  	int link_speed_mbps;
> -	char *speed;
>  
>  	if (!adapter->link_up) {
>  		netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Down\n");
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!speed)
> -		return;
> -
>  	if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
>  		link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
>  		goto print_link_msg;
> @@ -1452,7 +1448,6 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>  	}
>  
>  	netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
> -	kfree(speed);
>  }
>  
>  /**

Hi Christophe!

I had a slightly different proposal that gets rid of all the -Wformat=2
warnings in this code by using kasprintf to handle the varying string
lengths.

any thoughts about this instead and drop yours? I'm less worried about
the "extra allocation" here in this function since it's slow path, and
the same comment applies to your patch as well.

your patch still shows these errors
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c: In function ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’:
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:60: warning: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing 4 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 11 [-Wformat-truncation=]
>  1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>       |                                                            ^~
>  1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>       |                                           ~~~~~~
> In function ‘iavf_print_link_message’,
>     inlined from ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’ at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1965:4:
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:17: note: ‘snprintf’ output between 7 and 17 bytes into a destination of size 13
>  1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>       |                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


<my iavf patch pasted as a quote so my mail client won't wrap the lines...>


> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> index 8ce6389b5815..82b84a93bcc8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -1378,8 +1378,6 @@ void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
>                                   VIRTCHNL_OP_DISABLE_VLAN_INSERTION_V2);
>  }
> 
> -#define IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN  13
> -
>  /**
>   * iavf_print_link_message - print link up or down
>   * @adapter: adapter structure
> @@ -1397,10 +1395,6 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>                 return;
>         }
> 
> -       speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!speed)
> -               return;
> -
>         if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
>                 link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
>                 goto print_link_msg;
> @@ -1438,17 +1432,17 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  print_link_msg:
>         if (link_speed_mbps > SPEED_1000) {
> -               if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_2500)
> -                       snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "2.5 Gbps");
> -               else
> +               if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_2500) {
> +                       speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s", "2.5 Gbps");
> +               } else {
>                         /* convert to Gbps inline */
> -                       snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
> -                                link_speed_mbps / 1000, "Gbps");
> +                       speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%d Gbps",
> +                                         link_speed_mbps / 1000);
> +               }
>         } else if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_UNKNOWN) {
> -               snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%s", "Unknown Mbps");
> +               speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s", "Unknown Mbps");
>         } else {
> -               snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
> -                        link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
> +               speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%d Mbps", link_speed_mbps);
>         }
> 
>         netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
Christophe JAILLET Oct. 3, 2023, 8:33 p.m. UTC | #3
Le 03/10/2023 à 19:14, Jesse Brandeburg a écrit :
> On 9/23/2023 5:17 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>> IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN is only 13 and 'speed' is allocated and freed within
>> iavf_print_link_message().
>>
>> 'speed' is only used with some snprintf() and netdev_info() calls.
>>
>> So there is no real use to kzalloc()/free() it. Use the stack instead.
>> This saves a memory allocation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 7 +------
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> index 8ce6389b5815..980dc69d7fbe 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> @@ -1389,18 +1389,14 @@ void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
>>   static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>>   {
>>   	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
>> +	char speed[IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN];
>>   	int link_speed_mbps;
>> -	char *speed;
>>   
>>   	if (!adapter->link_up) {
>>   		netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Down\n");
>>   		return;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
>> -	if (!speed)
>> -		return;
>> -
>>   	if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
>>   		link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
>>   		goto print_link_msg;
>> @@ -1452,7 +1448,6 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
>> -	kfree(speed);
>>   }
>>   
>>   /**
> 
> Hi Christophe!
> 
> I had a slightly different proposal that gets rid of all the -Wformat=2
> warnings in this code by using kasprintf to handle the varying string
> lengths.
> 
> any thoughts about this instead and drop yours? I'm less worried about
> the "extra allocation" here in this function since it's slow path, and
> the same comment applies to your patch as well.

kasprintf() is much better.

> 
> your patch still shows these errors

I built-tested the patch before sending, so this is strange.

However, I got a similar feedback from Greg KH and the "kernel test 
robot" for another similar patch.

What version of gcc do you use?
I use 12.3.0, and I suspect that the value range algorithm or how the 
diagnostic is done has been improved in recent gcc.

The other report was from 11.3.0.

CJ

>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c: In function ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:60: warning: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing 4 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 11 [-Wformat-truncation=]
>>   1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>>        |                                                            ^~
>>   1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>>        |                                           ~~~~~~
>> In function ‘iavf_print_link_message’,
>>      inlined from ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’ at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1965:4:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:17: note: ‘snprintf’ output between 7 and 17 bytes into a destination of size 13
>>   1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>>        |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>   1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>>        |                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> <my iavf patch pasted as a quote so my mail client won't wrap the lines...>
> 
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> index 8ce6389b5815..82b84a93bcc8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
>> @@ -1378,8 +1378,6 @@ void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
>>                                    VIRTCHNL_OP_DISABLE_VLAN_INSERTION_V2);
>>   }
>>
>> -#define IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN  13
>> -
>>   /**
>>    * iavf_print_link_message - print link up or down
>>    * @adapter: adapter structure
>> @@ -1397,10 +1395,6 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>>                  return;
>>          }
>>
>> -       speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
>> -       if (!speed)
>> -               return;
>> -
>>          if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
>>                  link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
>>                  goto print_link_msg;
>> @@ -1438,17 +1432,17 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
>>
>>   print_link_msg:
>>          if (link_speed_mbps > SPEED_1000) {
>> -               if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_2500)
>> -                       snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "2.5 Gbps");
>> -               else
>> +               if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_2500) {
>> +                       speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s", "2.5 Gbps");
>> +               } else {
>>                          /* convert to Gbps inline */
>> -                       snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>> -                                link_speed_mbps / 1000, "Gbps");
>> +                       speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%d Gbps",
>> +                                         link_speed_mbps / 1000);
>> +               }
>>          } else if (link_speed_mbps == SPEED_UNKNOWN) {
>> -               snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%s", "Unknown Mbps");
>> +               speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s", "Unknown Mbps");
>>          } else {
>> -               snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>> -                        link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>> +               speed = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%d Mbps", link_speed_mbps);
>>          }
>>
>>          netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
> 
> 
>
Jesse Brandeburg Oct. 3, 2023, 11:01 p.m. UTC | #4
On 10/3/2023 1:33 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> kasprintf() is much better.

cool! I just sent the patches and cc'd you earlier today.

>>
>> your patch still shows these errors
> 
> I built-tested the patch before sending, so this is strange.
> 
> However, I got a similar feedback from Greg KH and the "kernel test 
> robot" for another similar patch.
> 
> What version of gcc do you use?
> I use 12.3.0, and I suspect that the value range algorithm or how the 
> diagnostic is done has been improved in recent gcc.

Fedora gcc 12.3.1, with W=1 flag

gcc version 12.3.1 20230508 (Red Hat 12.3.1-1) (GCC)

[linux]$ make W=1 M=drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_fdir.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adv_rss.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_common.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adminq.o
   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_client.o
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c: In function 
‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:60: warning: ‘%s’ 
directive output may be truncated writing 4 bytes into a region of size 
between 1 and 11 [-Wformat-truncation=]
  1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
       |                                                            ^~
  1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
       |                                           ~~~~~~
In function ‘iavf_print_link_message’,
     inlined from ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’ at 
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1965:4:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:17: note: 
‘snprintf’ output between 7 and 17 bytes into a destination of size 13
  1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
       |                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dan Carpenter Oct. 4, 2023, 8:04 a.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 04:01:18PM -0700, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> On 10/3/2023 1:33 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > kasprintf() is much better.
> 
> cool! I just sent the patches and cc'd you earlier today.
> 
> > > 
> > > your patch still shows these errors
> > 
> > I built-tested the patch before sending, so this is strange.
> > 
> > However, I got a similar feedback from Greg KH and the "kernel test
> > robot" for another similar patch.
> > 
> > What version of gcc do you use?
> > I use 12.3.0, and I suspect that the value range algorithm or how the
> > diagnostic is done has been improved in recent gcc.
> 
> Fedora gcc 12.3.1, with W=1 flag
> 
> gcc version 12.3.1 20230508 (Red Hat 12.3.1-1) (GCC)
> 
> [linux]$ make W=1 M=drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_fdir.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adv_rss.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_common.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adminq.o
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_client.o
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c: In function
> ‘iavf_virtchnl_completion’:
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c:1446:60: warning: ‘%s’
> directive output may be truncated writing 4 bytes into a region of size
> between 1 and 11 [-Wformat-truncation=]
>  1446 |                 snprintf(speed, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, "%d %s",
>       |                                                            ^~
>  1447 |                          link_speed_mbps, "Mbps");
>       |                                           ~~~~~~

GCC is kind of crap at static analysis, right?  Smatch would know that
this at most 11 characters long.  It's kind of laziness for GCC to print
this warning.  If you complained to me about a false positive like this
in Smatch I would at least think about various ways to silence it.

But I probably wouldn't write a check for this anyway because I don't
view truncating strings as a note worthy bug...

Smatch also gets stuff wrong, but in that case I just always encourage
people to mark the warning as old news and move on.  Only new warnings
are interesting.

I feel like as we incorporate more and more static analysis into our
processes we're going to have to give up on trying to keep every static
checker happy.

regards,
dan carpenter
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index 8ce6389b5815..980dc69d7fbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -1389,18 +1389,14 @@  void iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 tpid)
 static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
+	char speed[IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN];
 	int link_speed_mbps;
-	char *speed;
 
 	if (!adapter->link_up) {
 		netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Down\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!speed)
-		return;
-
 	if (ADV_LINK_SUPPORT(adapter)) {
 		link_speed_mbps = adapter->link_speed_mbps;
 		goto print_link_msg;
@@ -1452,7 +1448,6 @@  static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 
 	netdev_info(netdev, "NIC Link is Up Speed is %s Full Duplex\n", speed);
-	kfree(speed);
 }
 
 /**