From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/shm: remove special shm_alloc/free There is nothing special about the shm_alloc/free routines any more, so remove them to make code more readable. [manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Rediff, to continue to keep rcu for free calls after a successful security_shm_alloc()] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-18-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/shm.c | 24 ++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/shm.c~ipc-shm-remove-special-shm_alloc-free ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~ipc-shm-remove-special-shm_alloc-free +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -172,11 +172,6 @@ static inline void shm_lock_by_ptr(struc ipc_lock_object(&ipcp->shm_perm); } -static void __shm_free(struct shmid_kernel *shp) -{ - kvfree(shp); -} - static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head) { struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr = container_of(head, struct kern_ipc_perm, @@ -184,7 +179,7 @@ static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head struct shmid_kernel *shp = container_of(ptr, struct shmid_kernel, shm_perm); security_shm_free(shp); - __shm_free(shp); + kvfree(shp); } static inline void shm_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *s) @@ -518,17 +513,6 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct #endif }; -static struct shmid_kernel *shm_alloc(void) -{ - struct shmid_kernel *shp; - - shp = kvmalloc(sizeof(*shp), GFP_KERNEL); - if (unlikely(!shp)) - return NULL; - - return shp; -} - /** * newseg - Create a new shared memory segment * @ns: namespace @@ -558,8 +542,8 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace * ns->shm_tot + numpages > ns->shm_ctlall) return -ENOSPC; - shp = shm_alloc(); - if (!shp) + shp = kvmalloc(sizeof(*shp), GFP_KERNEL); + if (unlikely(!shp)) return -ENOMEM; shp->shm_perm.key = key; @@ -569,7 +553,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace * shp->shm_perm.security = NULL; error = security_shm_alloc(shp); if (error) { - __shm_free(shp); + kvfree(shp); return error; } _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
