Re: [PATCH 15/16] mm/slab_common: move definition of __ksize() to mm/slab.h

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Fri Jul 29 2022 - 07:47:31 EST


On 7/12/22 15:39, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> __ksize() is only called by KASAN. Remove export symbol and move
> definition to mm/slab.h as we don't want to grow its callers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Nit: The subject and changelog should probably say declaration, not definition.

> ---
> include/linux/slab.h | 1 -
> mm/slab.h | 2 ++
> mm/slab_common.c | 11 +----------
> mm/slob.c | 1 -
> 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index 4ee5b2fed164..701fe538650f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *s);
> void * __must_check krealloc(const void *objp, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) __alloc_size(2);
> void kfree(const void *objp);
> void kfree_sensitive(const void *objp);
> -size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
> size_t ksize(const void *objp);
> #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
> bool kmem_valid_obj(void *object);
> diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> index 9193e9c1f040..ad634e02b3cb 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.h
> +++ b/mm/slab.h
> @@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ void free_large_kmalloc(struct folio *folio, void *object);
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_SLOB */
>
> +size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
> +
> static inline size_t slab_ksize(const struct kmem_cache *s)
> {
> #ifndef CONFIG_SLUB
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index c01c6b8f0d34..1f8db7959366 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -1003,15 +1003,7 @@ void kfree(const void *object)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
>
> -/**
> - * __ksize -- Uninstrumented ksize.
> - * @objp: pointer to the object
> - *
> - * Unlike ksize(), __ksize() is uninstrumented, and does not provide the same
> - * safety checks as ksize() with KASAN instrumentation enabled.
> - *
> - * Return: size of the actual memory used by @objp in bytes
> - */
> +/* Uninstrumented ksize. Only called by KASAN. */
> size_t __ksize(const void *object)
> {
> struct folio *folio;
> @@ -1026,7 +1018,6 @@ size_t __ksize(const void *object)
>
> return slab_ksize(folio_slab(folio)->slab_cache);
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ksize);
> #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
>
> gfp_t kmalloc_fix_flags(gfp_t flags)
> diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
> index 97a4d2407f96..91d6e2b19929 100644
> --- a/mm/slob.c
> +++ b/mm/slob.c
> @@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ size_t __ksize(const void *block)
> m = (unsigned int *)(block - align);
> return SLOB_UNITS(*m) * SLOB_UNIT;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ksize);
>
> int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *c, slab_flags_t flags)
> {