[PATCH 5/5] s390/hmcdrv: Replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc()
From: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 03:50:51 EST
diag_ftp_cmd() allocates the DIAGNOSE 0x2C4 parameter list used for HMC
file transfers under z/VM, hmcdrv_ftp_probe() and hmcdrv_ftp_cmd()
allocate the data buffers used for the transfers and
hmcdrv_cache_startup() allocates the buffer that caches the contents of
the last file read from the HMC drive.
These buffers can be allocated with kmalloc() as there's nothing special
about them to go directly to the page allocator.
kmalloc() provides a better API that does not require ugly casts and
kfree() does not need to know the size of the freed object.
Performance difference between kmalloc() and __get_free_pages() is not
measurable as both allocators take an object/page from a per-CPU list for
fast path allocations.
For the slow path the performance is anyway determined by the amount of
reclaim involved rather than by what allocator is used.
Replace use of get_zeroed_page() and __get_free_pages() with kzalloc()
and kmalloc() and free_page[s]() with kfree().
Round transfer and cache buffers up to a page for the required 4K
alignment, without rounding to a power-of-two number of pages. Reject
unsupported sizes before rounding.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c | 5 +++--
drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_cache.c | 18 +++++++++---------
drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_ftp.c | 14 +++++++-------
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c b/drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c
index 0a506559799eb..174c65a6e6052 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "hmcdrv: " fmt
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ ssize_t diag_ftp_cmd(const struct hmcdrv_ftp_cmdspec *ftp, size_t *fsize)
#endif
init_completion(&diag_ftp_rx_complete);
- ldfpl = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+ ldfpl = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!ldfpl) {
len = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ ssize_t diag_ftp_cmd(const struct hmcdrv_ftp_cmdspec *ftp, size_t *fsize)
}
out_free:
- free_page((unsigned long) ldfpl);
+ kfree(ldfpl);
out:
return len;
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_cache.c b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_cache.c
index 85fb689594ca8..4857c543a2ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_cache.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_cache.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include "hmcdrv_ftp.h"
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ struct hmcdrv_cache_entry {
size_t len;
};
-static int hmcdrv_cache_order; /* cache allocated page order */
static struct hmcdrv_cache_entry hmcdrv_cache_file = {
.fsize = SIZE_MAX,
@@ -214,11 +214,14 @@ ssize_t hmcdrv_cache_cmd(const struct hmcdrv_ftp_cmdspec *ftp,
*/
int hmcdrv_cache_startup(size_t cachesize)
{
+ if (cachesize > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
if (cachesize > 0) { /* perform caching ? */
- hmcdrv_cache_order = get_order(cachesize);
+ /* the buffer must be 4k aligned, hence round up to page size */
hmcdrv_cache_file.content =
- (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA,
- hmcdrv_cache_order);
+ kmalloc(round_up(cachesize, PAGE_SIZE),
+ GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!hmcdrv_cache_file.content) {
pr_err("Allocating the requested cache size of %zu bytes failed\n",
@@ -239,11 +242,8 @@ int hmcdrv_cache_startup(size_t cachesize)
*/
void hmcdrv_cache_shutdown(void)
{
- if (hmcdrv_cache_file.content) {
- free_pages((unsigned long) hmcdrv_cache_file.content,
- hmcdrv_cache_order);
- hmcdrv_cache_file.content = NULL;
- }
+ kfree(hmcdrv_cache_file.content);
+ hmcdrv_cache_file.content = NULL;
hmcdrv_cache_file.id = HMCDRV_FTP_NOOP;
hmcdrv_cache_file.fsize = LLONG_MAX;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_ftp.c b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_ftp.c
index 3312b2ac00a9d..e22789b532de2 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_ftp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_ftp.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int hmcdrv_ftp_probe(void)
.len = PAGE_SIZE
};
- ftp.buf = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+ ftp.buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!ftp.buf)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int hmcdrv_ftp_probe(void)
break;
} /* switch */
out:
- free_page((unsigned long) ftp.buf);
+ kfree(ftp.buf);
return rc;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hmcdrv_ftp_probe);
@@ -238,16 +238,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hmcdrv_ftp_probe);
ssize_t hmcdrv_ftp_cmd(char __kernel *cmd, loff_t offset,
char __user *buf, size_t len)
{
- int order;
-
struct hmcdrv_ftp_cmdspec ftp = {.len = len, .ofs = offset};
ssize_t retlen = hmcdrv_ftp_parse(cmd, &ftp);
if (retlen)
return retlen;
- order = get_order(ftp.len);
- ftp.buf = (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA, order);
+ if (!ftp.len || ftp.len > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ftp.buf = kmalloc(round_up(ftp.len, PAGE_SIZE), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!ftp.buf)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ssize_t hmcdrv_ftp_cmd(char __kernel *cmd, loff_t offset,
break;
}
- free_pages((unsigned long) ftp.buf, order);
+ kfree(ftp.buf);
return retlen;
}
--
2.53.0