The patch titled
Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: use kvmalloc() in xt_alloc_table_info()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info.patch
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: use kvmalloc() in xt_alloc_table_info()
xt_alloc_table_info() basically opencodes kvmalloc() so use the library
function instead.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170531155145.17111-4-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN net/netfilter/x_tables.c~netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info net/netfilter/x_tables.c
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c~netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info
+++ a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1003,14 +1003,10 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_inf
if ((SMP_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
return NULL;
- if (sz <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
- info = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
- if (!info) {
- info = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY,
- PAGE_KERNEL);
- if (!info)
- return NULL;
- }
+ info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!info)
+ return NULL;
+
memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
info->size = size;
return info;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhocko@xxxxxxxx are
include-linux-gfph-fix-___gfp_nolockdep-value.patch
mm-clarify-why-we-want-kmalloc-before-falling-backto-vmallock.patch
mm-remove-return-value-from-init_currently_empty_zone.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-use-node-instead-of-zone-in-can_online_high_movable.patch
mm-drop-page_initialized-check-from-get_nid_for_pfn.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-get-rid-of-is_zone_device_section.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-split-up-register_one_node.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-consider-offline-memblocks-removable.patch
mm-consider-zone-which-is-not-fully-populated-to-have-holes.patch
mm-consider-zone-which-is-not-fully-populated-to-have-holes-fix.patch
mm-compaction-skip-over-holes-in-__reset_isolation_suitable.patch
mm-__first_valid_page-skip-over-offline-pages.patch
mm-vmstat-skip-reporting-offline-pages-in-pagetypeinfo.patch
mm-vmstat-skip-reporting-offline-pages-in-pagetypeinfo-fix.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-do-not-associate-hotadded-memory-to-zones-until-online.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-replace-for_device-by-want_memblock-in-arch_add_memory.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-fix-the-section-mismatch-warning.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-unused-cruft-after-memory-hotplug-rework.patch
mm-adaptive-hash-table-scaling-fix.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-drop-artificial-restriction-on-online-offline.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-drop-config_movable_node.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-move-movable_node-to-the-hotplug-proper.patch
fs-file-replace-alloc_fdmem-with-kvmalloc-alternative.patch
lib-rhashtablec-use-kvzalloc-in-bucket_table_alloc-when-possible.patch
netfilter-use-kvmalloc-xt_alloc_table_info.patch
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