[PATCH v2 1/2] slab: Clean up SLOB vs kmalloc() definition

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Nov 17 2022 - 22:52:07 EST


As already done for kmalloc_node(), clean up the #ifdef usage in the
definition of kmalloc() so that the SLOB-only version is an entirely
separate and much more readable function.

Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/slab.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 1c670c16c737..9033937c758e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -558,15 +558,15 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align
* Try really hard to succeed the allocation but fail
* eventually.
*/
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
-#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
unsigned int index;
-#endif
+
if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
+
index = kmalloc_index(size);

if (!index)
@@ -575,10 +575,18 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
return kmalloc_trace(
kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
flags, size);
-#endif
}
return __kmalloc(size, flags);
}
+#else
+static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
+ return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
+
+ return __kmalloc(size, flags);
+}
+#endif

#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
--
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