[PATCH v2 2/4] mm/util: Add kvmalloc_node_caller

From: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2021 - 11:08:23 EST


Allow the caller of kvmalloc to specify who counts as the allocator
of the memory instead of assuming it's the immediate caller.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 4 +++-
include/linux/slab.h | 2 ++
mm/util.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index cb1e191da319..b65a7105d9a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -786,7 +786,9 @@ static inline int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x)
}
#endif

-extern void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
+void *kvmalloc_node_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node,
+ unsigned long caller);
+void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
static inline void *kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
return kvmalloc_node(size, flags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 0c97d788762c..6611b8ee55ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ extern void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, int, unsigned long);

#else /* CONFIG_NUMA */

+#define __kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node, caller) \
+ __kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags, caller)
#define kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node) \
kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags)

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 5c2304bb02ae..96dd498206ad 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -539,26 +539,8 @@ unsigned long vm_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap);

-/**
- * kvmalloc_node - attempt to allocate physically contiguous memory, but upon
- * failure, fall back to non-contiguous (vmalloc) allocation.
- * @size: size of the request.
- * @flags: gfp mask for the allocation - must be compatible (superset) with GFP_KERNEL.
- * @node: numa node to allocate from
- *
- * Uses kmalloc to get the memory but if the allocation fails then falls back
- * to the vmalloc allocator. Use kvfree for freeing the memory.
- *
- * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported.
- * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL is supported, and it should be used only if kmalloc is
- * preferable to the vmalloc fallback, due to visible performance drawbacks.
- *
- * Please note that any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL is careful to not
- * fall back to vmalloc.
- *
- * Return: pointer to the allocated memory of %NULL in case of failure
- */
-void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
+void *kvmalloc_node_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node,
+ unsigned long caller)
{
gfp_t kmalloc_flags = flags;
void *ret;
@@ -584,7 +566,7 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
kmalloc_flags |= __GFP_NORETRY;
}

- ret = kmalloc_node(size, kmalloc_flags, node);
+ ret = __kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, kmalloc_flags, node, caller);

/*
* It doesn't really make sense to fallback to vmalloc for sub page
@@ -593,7 +575,32 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
if (ret || size <= PAGE_SIZE)
return ret;

- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, node, _RET_IP_);
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, node, caller);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kvmalloc_node - attempt to allocate physically contiguous memory, but upon
+ * failure, fall back to non-contiguous (vmalloc) allocation.
+ * @size: size of the request.
+ * @flags: GFP flags for the allocation - must be compatible (superset) with GFP_KERNEL.
+ * @node: numa node to allocate from
+ *
+ * Uses kmalloc to get the memory but if the allocation fails then falls back
+ * to the vmalloc allocator. Use kvfree for freeing the memory.
+ *
+ * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported.
+ * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL is supported, and it should be used only if kmalloc is
+ * preferable to the vmalloc fallback, due to visible performance drawbacks.
+ *
+ * Please note that any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL is careful to not
+ * fall back to vmalloc.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL in case of failure.
+ * %ZERO_SIZE_PTR if @size is zero.
+ */
+void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
+{
+ return kvmalloc_node_caller(size, flags, node, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node);

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