: apv <= 94 ? sizeof(struct p_rs_param_89)
                : /* apv >= 95 */ sizeof(struct p_rs_param_95);
 
-       /* used from admin command context and receiver/worker context.
-        * to avoid kmalloc, grab the socket right here,
-        * then use the pre-allocated sbuf there */
        mutex_lock(&mdev->tconn->data.mutex);
        sock = mdev->tconn->data.socket;
 
  * code upon failure.
  */
 static int
-send_bitmap_rle_or_plain(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
-                        struct p_header *h, struct bm_xfer_ctx *c)
+send_bitmap_rle_or_plain(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct bm_xfer_ctx *c)
 {
-       struct p_compressed_bm *p = (void*)h;
+       struct p_compressed_bm *p = mdev->tconn->data.sbuf;
        unsigned long num_words;
        int len, err;
 
        if (len) {
                dcbp_set_code(p, RLE_VLI_Bits);
                err = _drbd_send_cmd(mdev, mdev->tconn->data.socket,
-                                    P_COMPRESSED_BITMAP, h,
+                                    P_COMPRESSED_BITMAP, &p->head,
                                     sizeof(*p) + len, 0);
 
                c->packets[0]++;
        } else {
                /* was not compressible.
                 * send a buffer full of plain text bits instead. */
+               struct p_header *h = mdev->tconn->data.sbuf;
                num_words = min_t(size_t, BM_PACKET_WORDS, c->bm_words - c->word_offset);
                len = num_words * sizeof(long);
                if (len)
-                       drbd_bm_get_lel(mdev, c->word_offset, num_words, (unsigned long*)h->payload);
+                       drbd_bm_get_lel(mdev, c->word_offset, num_words,
+                                       (unsigned long *)h->payload);
                err = _drbd_send_cmd(mdev, mdev->tconn->data.socket, P_BITMAP,
                                     h, sizeof(struct p_header80) + len, 0);
                c->word_offset += num_words;
 static int _drbd_send_bitmap(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
        struct bm_xfer_ctx c;
-       struct p_header *p;
        int err;
 
        if (!expect(mdev->bitmap))
                return false;
 
-       /* maybe we should use some per thread scratch page,
-        * and allocate that during initial device creation? */
-       p = (struct p_header *) __get_free_page(GFP_NOIO);
-       if (!p) {
-               dev_err(DEV, "failed to allocate one page buffer in %s\n", __func__);
-               return false;
-       }
-
        if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
                if (drbd_md_test_flag(mdev->ldev, MDF_FULL_SYNC)) {
                        dev_info(DEV, "Writing the whole bitmap, MDF_FullSync was set.\n");
        };
 
        do {
-               err = send_bitmap_rle_or_plain(mdev, p, &c);
+               err = send_bitmap_rle_or_plain(mdev, &c);
        } while (err > 0);
 
-       free_page((unsigned long) p);
        return err == 0;
 }