[patch 089/118] groups: simplify struct group_info allocation
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2021-02-26 01:21:10
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2021-02-26 01:21:10
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From: Hubert Jasudowicz <redacted> Subject: groups: simplify struct group_info allocation Combine kmalloc and vmalloc into a single call. Use struct_size macro instead of direct size calculation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ba9ba5beea9a44b7196c41a0d9528abd5f20dd2e.1611620846.git.hubert.jasudowicz@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Hubert Jasudowicz <redacted> Cc: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org> Cc: Micah Morton <mortonm@chromium.org> Cc: Michael Kelley <redacted> Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Cedeno <redacted> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> --- kernel/groups.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/groups.c~groups-simplify-struct-group_info-allocation
+++ a/kernel/groups.c@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@ struct group_info *groups_alloc(int gidsetsize) { struct group_info *gi; - unsigned int len; - - len = sizeof(struct group_info) + sizeof(kgid_t) * gidsetsize; - gi = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY); - if (!gi) - gi = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT); + gi = kvmalloc(struct_size(gi, gid, gidsetsize), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT); if (!gi) return NULL;
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