Thanks for this, it looks better. On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 06:29:49PM +0800, Liu Shixin wrote: > -/* > - * Create the metadata (struct kmemleak_object) corresponding to an allocated > - * memory block and add it to the object_list and object_tree_root (or > - * object_phys_tree_root). > - */ > -static void __create_object(unsigned long ptr, size_t size, > - int min_count, gfp_t gfp, bool is_phys) > +static struct kmemleak_object * __alloc_object(gfp_t gfp) > { > - unsigned long flags; > - struct kmemleak_object *object, *parent; > - struct rb_node **link, *rb_parent; > - unsigned long untagged_ptr; > - unsigned long untagged_objp; > + struct kmemleak_object *object; > > object = mem_pool_alloc(gfp); > if (!object) { > pr_warn("Cannot allocate a kmemleak_object structure\n"); > kmemleak_disable(); > - return; > + return NULL; > } > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&object->object_list); > @@ -649,13 +639,8 @@ static void __create_object(unsigned long ptr, size_t size, > INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&object->area_list); > raw_spin_lock_init(&object->lock); > atomic_set(&object->use_count, 1); > - object->flags = OBJECT_ALLOCATED | (is_phys ? OBJECT_PHYS : 0); > - object->pointer = ptr; > - object->size = kfence_ksize((void *)ptr) ?: size; > object->excess_ref = 0; > - object->min_count = min_count; > object->count = 0; /* white color initially */ > - object->jiffies = jiffies; > object->checksum = 0; > object->del_state = 0; I'd keep all the initialisation in one place even if it means passing more arguments to __alloc_object(). It feels a bit weird and error prone to split the initialisation in two places. Otherwise I'm fine with the split. -- Catalin