Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slab: Add kvfree_atomic() helper

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 06:14:18PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> kvmalloc() now supports non-sleeping GFP flags, including
> the vmalloc fallback path. This means it may return vmalloc
> memory even for GFP_ATOMIC and GFP_NOWAIT allocations.
> 
> Freeing such memory with kvfree() may then end up calling
> vfree(), which is not safe for non-sleeping contexts.
> 
> Introduce kvfree_atomic() helper for such cases. It mirrors
> kvfree(), but uses vfree_atomic() for vmalloced memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/slab.h |  3 +++
>  mm/slub.c            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

All applied.  Thanks.
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