#define ECHO_OP_SET_CANON_COL 0x81
 #define ECHO_OP_ERASE_TAB 0x82
 
-static inline unsigned char *alloc_buf(void)
-{
-       gfp_t prio = in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
-       return kmalloc(N_TTY_BUF_SIZE, prio);
-}
-
-static inline void free_buf(unsigned char *buf)
-{
-       kfree(buf);
-}
-
 static inline int tty_put_user(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char x,
                               unsigned char __user *ptr)
 {
 {
        n_tty_flush_buffer(tty);
        if (tty->read_buf) {
-               free_buf(tty->read_buf);
+               kfree(tty->read_buf);
                tty->read_buf = NULL;
        }
        if (tty->echo_buf) {
-               free_buf(tty->echo_buf);
+               kfree(tty->echo_buf);
                tty->echo_buf = NULL;
        }
 }
 
        /* These are ugly. Currently a malloc failure here can panic */
        if (!tty->read_buf) {
-               tty->read_buf = alloc_buf();
+               tty->read_buf = kzalloc(N_TTY_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!tty->read_buf)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
        if (!tty->echo_buf) {
-               tty->echo_buf = alloc_buf();
+               tty->echo_buf = kzalloc(N_TTY_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+
                if (!tty->echo_buf)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
-       memset(tty->read_buf, 0, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE);
-       memset(tty->echo_buf, 0, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE);
        reset_buffer_flags(tty);
        tty->column = 0;
        n_tty_set_termios(tty, NULL);