{
        MPT_ADAPTER     *ioc;
        u8              __iomem *mem;
+       u8              __iomem *pmem;
        unsigned long    mem_phys;
        unsigned long    port;
        u32              msize;
        ioc->chip = (SYSIF_REGS __iomem *)mem;
 
        /* Save Port IO values in case we need to do downloadboot */
-       {
-               u8 *pmem = (u8*)port;
-               ioc->pio_mem_phys = port;
-               ioc->pio_chip = (SYSIF_REGS __iomem *)pmem;
-       }
+       ioc->pio_mem_phys = port;
+       pmem = (u8 __iomem *)port;
+       ioc->pio_chip = (SYSIF_REGS __iomem *)pmem;
 
        pci_read_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, &revision);
        mpt_get_product_name(pdev->vendor, pdev->device, revision, ioc->prod_name);
 static int
 mpt_do_upload(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, int sleepFlag)
 {
-       u8                       request[ioc->req_sz];
        u8                       reply[sizeof(FWUploadReply_t)];
        FWUpload_t              *prequest;
        FWUploadReply_t         *preply;
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       prequest = (FWUpload_t *)&request;
-       preply = (FWUploadReply_t *)&reply;
+       prequest = (sleepFlag == NO_SLEEP) ? kzalloc(ioc->req_sz, GFP_ATOMIC) :
+           kzalloc(ioc->req_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!prequest) {
+               dinitprintk(ioc, printk(MYIOC_s_DEBUG_FMT "fw upload failed "
+                   "while allocating memory \n", ioc->name));
+               mpt_free_fw_memory(ioc);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
 
-       /*  Destination...  */
-       memset(prequest, 0, ioc->req_sz);
+       preply = (FWUploadReply_t *)&reply;
 
        reply_sz = sizeof(reply);
        memset(preply, 0, reply_sz);
        ptcsge->DetailsLength = 12;
        ptcsge->Flags = MPI_SGE_FLAGS_TRANSACTION_ELEMENT;
        ptcsge->ImageSize = cpu_to_le32(sz);
+       ptcsge++;
 
        sgeoffset = sizeof(FWUpload_t) - sizeof(SGE_MPI_UNION) + sizeof(FWUploadTCSGE_t);
 
        flagsLength = MPT_SGE_FLAGS_SSIMPLE_READ | sz;
-       mpt_add_sge(&request[sgeoffset], flagsLength, ioc->cached_fw_dma);
+       mpt_add_sge((char *)ptcsge, flagsLength, ioc->cached_fw_dma);
 
        sgeoffset += sizeof(u32) + sizeof(dma_addr_t);
        dinitprintk(ioc, printk(MYIOC_s_INFO_FMT ": Sending FW Upload (req @ %p) sgeoffset=%d \n",
                        ioc->name));
                mpt_free_fw_memory(ioc);
        }
+       kfree(prequest);
 
        return cmdStatus;
 }
 
        struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(&starget->dev);
        struct _MPT_SCSI_HOST *hd = shost_priv(shost);
        struct _MPT_ADAPTER *ioc = hd->ioc;
-       struct _CONFIG_PAGE_SCSI_DEVICE_0 *pg0;
-       dma_addr_t pg0_dma;
+       struct _CONFIG_PAGE_SCSI_DEVICE_0 *spi_dev_pg0;
+       dma_addr_t spi_dev_pg0_dma;
        int size;
        struct _x_config_parms cfg;
        struct _CONFIG_PAGE_HEADER hdr;
        size += 2048;
        */
 
-       pg0 = dma_alloc_coherent(&ioc->pcidev->dev, size, &pg0_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (pg0 == NULL) {
+       spi_dev_pg0 = dma_alloc_coherent(&ioc->pcidev->dev, size, &spi_dev_pg0_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (spi_dev_pg0 == NULL) {
                starget_printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT, starget,
                    "dma_alloc_coherent for parameters failed\n", ioc->name);
                return -EINVAL;
        memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
 
        cfg.cfghdr.hdr = &hdr;
-       cfg.physAddr = pg0_dma;
+       cfg.physAddr = spi_dev_pg0_dma;
        cfg.action = MPI_CONFIG_ACTION_PAGE_READ_CURRENT;
        cfg.dir = 0;
        cfg.pageAddr = starget->id;
                goto out_free;
        }
        err = 0;
-       memcpy(pass_pg0, pg0, size);
+       memcpy(pass_pg0, spi_dev_pg0, size);
 
-       mptspi_print_read_nego(hd, starget, le32_to_cpu(pg0->NegotiatedParameters));
+       mptspi_print_read_nego(hd, starget, le32_to_cpu(spi_dev_pg0->NegotiatedParameters));
 
  out_free:
-       dma_free_coherent(&ioc->pcidev->dev, size, pg0, pg0_dma);
+       dma_free_coherent(&ioc->pcidev->dev, size, spi_dev_pg0, spi_dev_pg0_dma);
        return err;
 }
 
 static void mptspi_read_parameters(struct scsi_target *starget)
 {
        int nego;
-       struct _CONFIG_PAGE_SCSI_DEVICE_0 pg0;
+       struct _CONFIG_PAGE_SCSI_DEVICE_0 spi_dev_pg0;
 
-       mptspi_read_spi_device_pg0(starget, &pg0);
+       mptspi_read_spi_device_pg0(starget, &spi_dev_pg0);
 
-       nego = le32_to_cpu(pg0.NegotiatedParameters);
+       nego = le32_to_cpu(spi_dev_pg0.NegotiatedParameters);
 
        spi_iu(starget) = (nego & MPI_SCSIDEVPAGE0_NP_IU) ? 1 : 0;
        spi_dt(starget) = (nego & MPI_SCSIDEVPAGE0_NP_DT) ? 1 : 0;