Hi
I'm submitting this for the next merge window.
Mikulas
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
The patch a7c3e901 ("mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers") converted a lot
of kernel code to kvmalloc. This patch converts three more forgotten
cases.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file.c | 12 +-----------
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 11 +----------
kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c | 7 +------
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/file.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/file.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/file.c
@@ -32,17 +32,7 @@ unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_max =
static void *alloc_fdmem(size_t size)
{
- /*
- * Very large allocations can stress page reclaim, so fall back to
- * vmalloc() if the allocation size will be considered "large" by the VM.
- */
- if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) {
- void *data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT |
- __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
- if (data != NULL)
- return data;
- }
- return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ return kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
}
static void __free_fdtable(struct fdtable *fdt)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -58,16 +58,7 @@ void *bpf_map_area_alloc(size_t size)
* trigger under memory pressure as we really just want to
* fail instead.
*/
- const gfp_t flags = __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_ZERO;
- void *area;
-
- if (size <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) {
- area = kmalloc(size, GFP_USER | flags);
- if (area != NULL)
- return area;
- }
-
- return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ return kvmalloc(size, GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_ZERO);
}
void bpf_map_area_free(void *area)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -184,15 +184,10 @@ struct cgroup_pidlist {
/*
* The following two functions "fix" the issue where there are more pids
* than kmalloc will give memory for; in such cases, we use vmalloc/vfree.
- * TODO: replace with a kernel-wide solution to this problem
*/
-#define PIDLIST_TOO_LARGE(c) ((c) * sizeof(pid_t) > (PAGE_SIZE * 2))
static void *pidlist_allocate(int count)
{
- if (PIDLIST_TOO_LARGE(count))
- return vmalloc(count * sizeof(pid_t));
- else
- return kmalloc(count * sizeof(pid_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+ return kvmalloc(count * sizeof(pid_t), GFP_KERNEL);
}
static void pidlist_free(void *p)
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