The patch titled Subject: seq_file: allocate seq_file from kmem_cache has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache.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: seq_file: allocate seq_file from kmem_cache For fine-grained debugging and usercopy protection. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180310085027.GA17121@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/seq_file.c | 12 ++++++++++-- include/linux/seq_file.h | 1 + init/main.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache fs/seq_file.c --- a/fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache +++ a/fs/seq_file.c @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ * initial implementation -- AV, Oct 2001. */ +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> @@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <asm/page.h> +static struct kmem_cache *seq_file_cache __ro_after_init; + static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m) { m->count = m->size; @@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ int seq_open(struct file *file, const st WARN_ON(file->private_data); - p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL); + p = kmem_cache_zalloc(seq_file_cache, GFP_KERNEL); if (!p) return -ENOMEM; @@ -366,7 +369,7 @@ int seq_release(struct inode *inode, str { struct seq_file *m = file->private_data; kvfree(m->buf); - kfree(m); + kmem_cache_free(seq_file_cache, m); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_release); @@ -1106,3 +1109,8 @@ seq_hlist_next_percpu(void *v, struct hl return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_hlist_next_percpu); + +void __init seq_file_init(void) +{ + seq_file_cache = KMEM_CACHE(seq_file, SLAB_PANIC); +} diff -puN include/linux/seq_file.h~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache include/linux/seq_file.h --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache +++ a/include/linux/seq_file.h @@ -240,4 +240,5 @@ extern struct hlist_node *seq_hlist_star extern struct hlist_node *seq_hlist_next_percpu(void *v, struct hlist_head __percpu *head, int *cpu, loff_t *pos); +void seq_file_init(void); #endif diff -puN init/main.c~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache init/main.c --- a/init/main.c~seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache +++ a/init/main.c @@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_k vfs_caches_init(); pagecache_init(); signals_init(); + seq_file_init(); proc_root_init(); nsfs_init(); cpuset_init(); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are slab-mark-kmalloc-machinery-as-__ro_after_init.patch slab-fixup-calculate_alignment-argument-type.patch slab-make-kmalloc_index-return-unsigned-int.patch slab-make-kmalloc_size-return-unsigned-int.patch slab-make-create_kmalloc_cache-work-with-32-bit-sizes.patch slab-make-create_boot_cache-work-with-32-bit-sizes.patch slab-make-kmem_cache_create-work-with-32-bit-sizes.patch slab-make-size_index-array-u8.patch slab-make-size_index_elem-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-remote_node_defrag_ratio-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-max_attr_size-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-red_left_pad-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-reserved-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-align-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-inuse-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-cpu_partial-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-offset-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-object_size-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-size-unsigned-int.patch slab-make-kmem_cache_flags-accept-32-bit-object-size.patch kasan-make-kasan_cache_create-work-with-32-bit-slab-cache-sizes.patch slab-make-usercopy-region-32-bit.patch slub-make-slab_index-return-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-struct-kmem_cache_order_objects-x-unsigned-int.patch slub-make-size_from_object-return-unsigned-int.patch slab-use-32-bit-arithmetic-in-freelist_randomize.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 proc-move-struct-proc_dir_entry-into-kmem-cache.patch proc-fix-proc-map_files-lookup-some-more.patch proc-register-filesystem-last.patch proc-faster-proc-cmdline.patch proc-do-mmput-asap-for-proc-map_files.patch proc-revalidate-misc-dentries.patch proc-test-last-field-of-proc-loadavg.patch uts-create-struct-uts_namespace-from-kmem_cache.patch seq_file-allocate-seq_file-from-kmem_cache.patch seq_file-account-everything.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