Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node() does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call, where __alloc_size() hints will actually be seen[1] by GCC. (A constant return value of 0 means the "0" allocation size won't be propagated by the inline.) [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96503 Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/slab.h | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 9033937c758e..84be05208418 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -561,17 +561,13 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) { - if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) { + if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) { unsigned int index; if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE) return kmalloc_large(size, flags); index = kmalloc_index(size); - - if (!index) - return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; - return kmalloc_trace( kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index], flags, size); @@ -591,17 +587,13 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) { - if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) { + if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) { unsigned int index; if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE) return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node); index = kmalloc_index(size); - - if (!index) - return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; - return kmalloc_node_trace( kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index], flags, node, size); -- 2.34.1
