+ gcov-use-kvmalloc.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The patch titled
     Subject: gcov: use kvmalloc()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     gcov-use-kvmalloc.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/gcov-use-kvmalloc.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/gcov-use-kvmalloc.patch

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From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: gcov: use kvmalloc()

Using vmalloc() in gcov is really quite wasteful, many of the objects
allocated are really small (e.g.  I've seen 24 bytes.) Use kvmalloc() to
automatically pick the better of kmalloc() or vmalloc() depending on the
size.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210315235453.799e7a9d627d.I741d0db096c6f312910f7f1bcdfde0fda20801a4@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/gcov/clang.c   |   10 +++++-----
 kernel/gcov/fs.c      |    6 +++---
 kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c |    6 +++---
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/gcov/clang.c~gcov-use-kvmalloc
+++ a/kernel/gcov/clang.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include "gcov.h"
 
 typedef void (*llvm_gcov_callback)(void);
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ void gcov_info_add(struct gcov_info *dst
 static struct gcov_fn_info *gcov_fn_info_dup(struct gcov_fn_info *fn)
 {
 	size_t cv_size; /* counter values size */
-	struct gcov_fn_info *fn_dup = kmemdup(fn, sizeof(*fn),
-			GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct gcov_fn_info *fn_dup = kmemdup(fn, sizeof(*fn), GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!fn_dup)
 		return NULL;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fn_dup->head);
 	cv_size = fn->num_counters * sizeof(fn->counters[0]);
-	fn_dup->counters = vmalloc(cv_size);
+	fn_dup->counters = kvmalloc(cv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fn_dup->counters) {
 		kfree(fn_dup);
 		return NULL;
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void gcov_info_free(struct gcov_info *in
 	struct gcov_fn_info *fn, *tmp;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(fn, tmp, &info->functions, head) {
-		vfree(fn->counters);
+		kvfree(fn->counters);
 		list_del(&fn->head);
 		kfree(fn);
 	}
--- a/kernel/gcov/fs.c~gcov-use-kvmalloc
+++ a/kernel/gcov/fs.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include "gcov.h"
 
 /**
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static struct gcov_iterator *gcov_iter_n
 	/* Dry-run to get the actual buffer size. */
 	size = convert_to_gcda(NULL, info);
 
-	iter = vmalloc(struct_size(iter, buffer, size));
+	iter = kvmalloc(struct_size(iter, buffer, size), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!iter)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static struct gcov_iterator *gcov_iter_n
  */
 static void gcov_iter_free(struct gcov_iterator *iter)
 {
-	vfree(iter);
+	kvfree(iter);
 }
 
 /**
--- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c~gcov-use-kvmalloc
+++ a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include "gcov.h"
 
 #if (__GNUC__ >= 10)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ struct gcov_info *gcov_info_dup(struct g
 
 			cv_size = sizeof(gcov_type) * sci_ptr->num;
 
-			dci_ptr->values = vmalloc(cv_size);
+			dci_ptr->values = kvmalloc(cv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 			if (!dci_ptr->values)
 				goto err_free;
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void gcov_info_free(struct gcov_info *in
 		ci_ptr = info->functions[fi_idx]->ctrs;
 
 		for (ct_idx = 0; ct_idx < active; ct_idx++, ci_ptr++)
-			vfree(ci_ptr->values);
+			kvfree(ci_ptr->values);
 
 		kfree(info->functions[fi_idx]);
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx are

gcov-combine-common-code.patch
gcov-simplify-buffer-allocation.patch
gcov-use-kvmalloc.patch
gdb-lx-symbols-store-the-abspath.patch