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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using
git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'
to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.
Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.
For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:
Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)
Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)
Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)
(where TYPE may also be *VAR)
The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
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lwq is a FIFO single-linked queue that only requires a spinlock
for dequeueing, which happens in process context. Enqueueing is atomic
with no spinlock and can happen in any context.
This is particularly useful when work items are queued from BH or IRQ
context, and when they are handled one at a time by dedicated threads.
Avoiding any locking when enqueueing means there is no need to disable
BH or interrupts, which is generally best avoided (particularly when
there are any RT tasks on the machine).
This solution is superior to using "list_head" links because we need
half as many pointers in the data structures, and because list_head
lists would need locking to add items to the queue.
This solution is superior to a bespoke solution as all locking and
container_of casting is integrated, so the interface is simple.
Despite the similar name, this solution meets a distinctly different
need to kfifo. kfifo provides a fixed sized circular buffer to which
data can be added at one end and removed at the other, and does not
provide any locking. lwq does not have any size limit and works with
data structures (objects?) rather than data (bytes).
A unit test for basic functionality, which runs at boot time, is included.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Message-Id: <20230911111333.4d1a872330e924a00acb905b@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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