Provide a resource managed version of kstrdup_const(). This variant internally calls devm_kstrdup() on pointers that are outside of .rodata section. Also provide a corresponding version of devm_kfree(). Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/device.h | 2 ++ mm/util.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 8f882549edee..f8f5982d26b2 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ static inline void *devm_kcalloc(struct device *dev, return devm_kmalloc_array(dev, n, size, flags | __GFP_ZERO); } extern void devm_kfree(struct device *dev, void *p); +extern void devm_kfree_const(struct device *dev, void *p); extern char *devm_kstrdup(struct device *dev, const char *s, gfp_t gfp) __malloc; +extern char *devm_kstrdup_const(struct device *dev, const char *s, gfp_t gfp); extern void *devm_kmemdup(struct device *dev, const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp); diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index d2890a407332..6d1f41b5775e 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ void kfree_const(const void *x) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_const); +/** + * devm_kfree_const - Resource managed conditional kfree + * @dev: device this memory belongs to + * @p: memory to free + * + * Function calls devm_kfree only if @p is not in .rodata section. + */ +void devm_kfree_const(struct device *dev, void *p) +{ + if (!is_kernel_rodata((unsigned long)p)) + devm_kfree(dev, p); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_kfree_const); + /** * kstrdup - allocate space for and copy an existing string * @s: the string to duplicate @@ -78,6 +92,27 @@ const char *kstrdup_const(const char *s, gfp_t gfp) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrdup_const); +/** + * devm_kstrdup_const - resource managed conditional string duplication + * @dev: device for which to duplicate the string + * @s: the string to duplicate + * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory + * + * Function returns source string if it is in .rodata section otherwise it + * fallbacks to devm_kstrdup. + * + * Strings allocated by devm_kstrdup_const will be automatically freed when + * the associated device is detached. + */ +char *devm_kstrdup_const(struct device *dev, const char *s, gfp_t gfp) +{ + if (is_kernel_rodata((unsigned long)s)) + return s; + + return devm_kstrdup(dev, s, gfp); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_kstrdup_const); + /** * kstrndup - allocate space for and copy an existing string * @s: the string to duplicate -- 2.18.0