3.13.11.6 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 39f1f78d53b9bcbca91967380c5f0f2305a5c55f upstream.
too many places open-code it
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ kamal: picked for 3.13-stable for backport convenience ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
mm/util.c | 10 ++++++++++
security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h | 1 -
security/apparmor/lib.c | 14 --------------
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5360b82..4506b84 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ static inline int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x)
}
#endif
+extern void kvfree(const void *addr);
+
static inline void compound_lock(struct page *page)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 808f375..8636d3d 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/swapops.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -386,6 +387,15 @@ unsigned long vm_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap);
+void kvfree(const void *addr)
+{
+ if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
+ vfree(addr);
+ else
+ kfree(addr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvfree);
+
struct address_space *page_mapping(struct page *page)
{
struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
index 8fb1488..97130f8 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ extern int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
char *aa_split_fqname(char *args, char **ns_name);
void aa_info_message(const char *str);
void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-void kvfree(void *buffer);
static inline void *kvmalloc(size_t size)
{
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index 6968992..c1827e0 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -104,17 +104,3 @@ void *__aa_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
}
return buffer;
}
-
-/**
- * kvfree - free an allocation do by kvmalloc
- * @buffer: buffer to free (MAYBE_NULL)
- *
- * Free a buffer allocated by kvmalloc
- */
-void kvfree(void *buffer)
-{
- if (is_vmalloc_addr(buffer))
- vfree(buffer);
- else
- kfree(buffer);
-}
--
1.9.1
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