The following commit has been merged into the x86/iopl branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 5487da6bf0775d996352442b89a8defbd671b4ae
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/5487da6bf0775d996352442b89a8defbd671b4ae
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:42:47 +01:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:15:02 +01:00
x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
If ioperm() is invoked the first time and the @turn_on argument is 0, then
there is no point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions which are
not set.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191113210104.404509322@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
index ca6aa1e..80fa36b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ long ksys_ioperm(unsigned long from, unsigned long num, int turn_on)
*/
bitmap = t->io_bitmap_ptr;
if (!bitmap) {
+ /* No point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions */
+ if (!turn_on)
+ return 0;
bitmap = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bitmap)
return -ENOMEM;
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