netdev - [PATCH net V3 1/2] ptr_ring: try vmalloc() when kmalloc() fails

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Date:   Thu,  8 Feb 2018 11:59:24 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     mst@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net V3 1/2] ptr_ring: try vmalloc() when kmalloc() fails

This patch switch to use kvmalloc_array() for using a vmalloc()
fallback to help in case kmalloc() fails.

Reported-by: syzbot+e4d4f9ddd4295539735d@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 2e0ab8ca83c12 ("ptr_ring: array based FIFO for pointers")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/ptr_ring.h | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index 1883d61..2af71a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static inline int ptr_ring_consume_batched_bh(struct ptr_ring *r,
 
 static inline void **__ptr_ring_init_queue_alloc(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	return kcalloc(size, sizeof(void *), gfp);
+	return kvmalloc_array(size, sizeof(void *), gfp | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline void __ptr_ring_set_size(struct ptr_ring *r, int size)
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static inline int ptr_ring_resize(struct ptr_ring *r, int size, gfp_t gfp,
 	spin_unlock(&(r)->producer_lock);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(r)->consumer_lock, flags);
 
-	kfree(old);
+	kvfree(old);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static inline int ptr_ring_resize_multiple(struct ptr_ring **rings,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nrings; ++i)
-		kfree(queues[i]);
+		kvfree(queues[i]);
 
 	kfree(queues);
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static inline int ptr_ring_resize_multiple(struct ptr_ring **rings,
 
 nomem:
 	while (--i >= 0)
-		kfree(queues[i]);
+		kvfree(queues[i]);
 
 	kfree(queues);
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static inline void ptr_ring_cleanup(struct ptr_ring *r, void (*destroy)(void *))
 	if (destroy)
 		while ((ptr = ptr_ring_consume(r)))
 			destroy(ptr);
-	kfree(r->queue);
+	kvfree(r->queue);
 }
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PTR_RING_H  */
-- 
2.7.4