The patch titled Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_alloc() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_alloc() No callers remain for ipc_rcu_alloc(). Drop the function. [manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Rediff because the memset was temporarily inside ipc_rcu_free()] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-13-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/util.c | 21 --------------------- ipc/util.h | 3 --- 2 files changed, 24 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/util.c~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc ipc/util.c --- a/ipc/util.c~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc +++ a/ipc/util.c @@ -394,27 +394,6 @@ void ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids *ids, struc ipcp->deleted = true; } -/** - * ipc_rcu_alloc - allocate ipc space - * @size: size desired - * - * Allocate memory for an ipc object. - * The first member must be struct kern_ipc_perm. - */ -struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_rcu_alloc(int size) -{ - /* - * We prepend the allocation with the rcu struct - */ - struct kern_ipc_perm *out = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (unlikely(!out)) - return NULL; - - memset(out, 0, size); - atomic_set(&out->refcount, 1); - return out; -} - int ipc_rcu_getref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr) { return atomic_inc_not_zero(&ptr->refcount); diff -puN ipc/util.h~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc ipc/util.h --- a/ipc/util.h~ipc-util-drop-ipc_rcu_alloc +++ a/ipc/util.h @@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ int ipcperms(struct ipc_namespace *ns, s * Objects are reference counted, they start with reference count 1. * getref increases the refcount, the putref call that reduces the recount * to 0 schedules the rcu destruction. Caller must guarantee locking. - * - * struct kern_ipc_perm must be the first member in the allocated structure. */ -struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_rcu_alloc(int size); int ipc_rcu_getref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr); void ipc_rcu_putref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are -- 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