linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 1/3] mm/memory_hotplug: replace an open-coded kmemdup() in add_memory

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Message-Id: <20231016-vv-kmem_memmap-v6-1-078f0d3c0371@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:44:55 -0600
From:   Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/3] mm/memory_hotplug: replace an open-coded kmemdup()
 in add_memory_resource()

A review of the memmap_on_memory modifications to add_memory_resource()
revealed an instance of an open-coded kmemdup(). Replace it with
kmemdup().

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index f8d3e7427e32..6be7de9efa55 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1439,11 +1439,11 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags)
 	if (mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) {
 		if (mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(size)) {
 			mhp_altmap.free = memory_block_memmap_on_memory_pages();
-			params.altmap = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vmem_altmap), GFP_KERNEL);
+			params.altmap = kmemdup(&mhp_altmap,
+						sizeof(struct vmem_altmap),
+						GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!params.altmap)
 				goto error;
-
-			memcpy(params.altmap, &mhp_altmap, sizeof(mhp_altmap));
 		}
 		/* fallback to not using altmap  */
 	}

-- 
2.41.0