linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: add gfp mask checking for __get_free

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Message-ID: <20090704020949.GA3047@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:09:50 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm: add gfp mask checking for __get_free_pages()

__get_free_pages() with __GFP_HIGHMEM is not safe because the return
address cannot represent a highmem page. get_zeroed_page() already has
such a debug checking.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c |   24 +++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e0f2cdf..4a1a374 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1903,31 +1903,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_pages_nodemask);
  */
 unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
-	struct page * page;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	/*
+	 * __get_free_pages() returns a 32-bit address, which cannot represent
+	 * a highmem page
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON((gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGHMEM) != 0);
+
 	page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
 	if (!page)
 		return 0;
 	return (unsigned long) page_address(page);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_free_pages);
 
 unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct page * page;
-
-	/*
-	 * get_zeroed_page() returns a 32-bit address, which cannot represent
-	 * a highmem page
-	 */
-	VM_BUG_ON((gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGHMEM) != 0);
-
-	page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
-	if (page)
-		return (unsigned long) page_address(page);
-	return 0;
+	return __get_free_pages(gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_zeroed_page);
 
 void __pagevec_free(struct pagevec *pvec)
-- 
1.6.0.6

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