On 11/18/22 04:51, Kees Cook wrote: > 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, So with the kmalloc_trace() already solved, we could now say it's not "in preparation", but simply "makes sure", right? I can correct that while picking this patch. > 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);
