The patch titled
pid namespaces: create a slab-cache for 'struct pid_namespace'
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
pid-namespaces-create-a-slab-cache-for-struct-pid_namespace.patch
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Subject: pid namespaces: create a slab-cache for 'struct pid_namespace'
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx>
This will help fixing memory leaks due to bad reference counting.
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/pid.c | 9 ++++++---
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/pid.c~pid-namespaces-create-a-slab-cache-for-struct-pid_namespace kernel/pid.c
--- a/kernel/pid.c~pid-namespaces-create-a-slab-cache-for-struct-pid_namespace
+++ a/kernel/pid.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
static struct hlist_head *pid_hash;
static int pidhash_shift;
struct pid init_struct_pid = INIT_STRUCT_PID;
+static struct kmem_cache *pid_ns_cachep;
int pid_max = PID_MAX_DEFAULT;
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_
struct pid_namespace *ns;
int i;
- ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pid_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
+ ns = kmem_cache_alloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ns == NULL)
goto out;
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_
out_free_map:
kfree(ns->pidmap[0].page);
out_free:
- kfree(ns);
+ kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
out:
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct
for (i = 0; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
kfree(ns->pidmap[i].page);
- kfree(ns);
+ kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
}
struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags, struct pid_namespace *old_ns)
@@ -600,4 +601,6 @@ void __init pidmap_init(void)
init_pid_ns.pid_cachep = create_pid_cachep(1);
if (init_pid_ns.pid_cachep == NULL)
panic("Can't create pid_1 cachep\n");
+
+ pid_ns_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(pid_namespace, SLAB_PANIC);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx are
handle-the-multi-threaded-inits-exit-properly.patch
pid-namespaces-round-up-the-api.patch
pid-namespaces-make-get_pid_ns-return-the-namespace-itself.patch
pid-namespaces-dynamic-kmem-cache-allocator-for-pid-namespaces.patch
pid-namespaces-dynamic-kmem-cache-allocator-for-pid-namespaces-fix.patch
pid-namespaces-define-and-use-task_active_pid_ns-wrapper.patch
pid-namespaces-rename-child_reaper-function.patch
pid-namespaces-use-task_pid-to-find-leaders-pid.patch
pid-namespaces-define-is_global_init-and-is_container_init.patch
pid-namespaces-define-is_global_init-and-is_container_init-fix.patch
pid-namespaces-define-is_global_init-and-is_container_init-m32r-fix.patch
pid-namespaces-define-is_global_init-and-is_container_init-kernel-pidc-remove-unused-exports.patch
pid-namespaces-move-alloc_pid-to-copy_process.patch
pid-namespaces-rework-forget_original_parent.patch
pid-namespaces-move-exit_task_namespaces.patch
pid-namespaces-introduce-ms_kernmount-flag.patch
pid-namespaces-prepare-proc_flust_task-to-flush-entries-from-multiple-proc-trees.patch
pid-namespaces-introduce-struct-upid.patch
pid-namespaces-add-support-for-pid-namespaces-hierarchy.patch
pid-namespaces-make-alloc_pid-free_pid-and-put_pid-work-with-struct-upid.patch
pid-namespaces-helpers-to-obtain-pid-numbers.patch
pid-namespaces-helpers-to-find-the-task-by-its-numerical-ids.patch
pid-namespaces-move-alloc_pid-lower-in-copy_process.patch
pid-namespaces-make-proc-have-multiple-superblocks-one-for-each-namespace.patch
pid-namespaces-miscelaneous-preparations-for-pid-namespaces.patch
pid-namespaces-allow-cloning-of-new-namespace.patch
pid-namespaces-make-proc_flush_task-actually-from-entries-from-multiple-namespaces.patch
pid-namespaces-initialize-the-namespaces-proc_mnt.patch
pid-namespaces-create-a-slab-cache-for-struct-pid_namespace.patch
pid-namespaces-allow-signalling-container-init.patch
pid-namespaces-destroy-pid-namespace-on-inits-death.patch
pid-namespaces-changes-to-show-virtual-ids-to-user.patch
pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields.patch
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