linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:26:16 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Add kvzalloc_struct to complement kvzalloc_array

From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>

We all know the perils of multiplying a value provided from userspace
by a constant and then allocating the resulting number of bytes.  That's
why we have kvmalloc_array(), so we don't have to think about it.
This solves the same problem when we embed one of these arrays in a
struct like this:

struct {
	int n;
	unsigned long array[];
};

Using kvzalloc_struct() to allocate this will save precious thinking
time and reduce the possibilities of bugs.

Matthew Wilcox (2):
  mm: Add kernel-doc for kvfree
  mm: Add kvmalloc_ab_c and kvzalloc_struct

 include/linux/mm.h | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/util.c          | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)

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