The patch titled Subject: mm/slab_common.c: mark kmalloc machinery as __ro_after_init has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/slab_common.c: mark kmalloc machinery as __ro_after_init kmalloc caches aren't relocated after being set up neither does "size_index" array. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180226203519.GA6886@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab_common.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/slab_common.c~slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init mm/slab_common.c --- a/mm/slab_common.c~slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init +++ a/mm/slab_common.c @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #include <linux/poison.h> #include <linux/interrupt.h> #include <linux/memory.h> +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/compiler.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/cpu.h> @@ -954,11 +955,11 @@ struct kmem_cache *__init create_kmalloc return s; } -struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1]; +struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1] __ro_after_init; EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_caches); #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA -struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_dma_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1]; +struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_dma_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1] __ro_after_init; EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_dma_caches); #endif @@ -968,7 +969,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_dma_caches); * of two cache sizes there. The size of larger slabs can be determined using * fls. */ -static s8 size_index[24] = { +static s8 size_index[24] __ro_after_init = { 3, /* 8 */ 4, /* 16 */ 5, /* 24 */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init.patch proc-do-less-stuff-under-pde_unload_lock.patch proc-move-proc-sysvipc-creation-to-where-it-belongs.patch proc-faster-open-close-of-files-without-release-hook.patch proc-randomize-struct-pde_opener.patch proc-move-struct-pde_opener-to-kmem-cache.patch proc-account-struct-pde_opener.patch proc-check-permissions-earlier-for-proc-wchan.patch proc-use-set_puts-at-proc-wchan.patch proc-test-proc-self-wchan.patch proc-test-proc-self-syscall.patch uts-create-struct-uts_namespace-from-kmem_cache.patch seq_file-delete-small-value-optimization.patch -- 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