linux-kernel - [patch V3 07/20] x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set

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Date:   Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:42:47 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [patch V3 07/20] x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no
 permissions are set

If ioperm() is invoked the first time and the @turn_on argument is 0, then
there is no point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions which are
not set.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
V3: Split out from large combo patch
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ long ksys_ioperm(unsigned long from, uns
 	 */
 	bitmap = t->io_bitmap_ptr;
 	if (!bitmap) {
+		/* No point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions */
+		if (!turn_on)
+			return 0;
 		bitmap = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bitmap)
 			return -ENOMEM;