linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 19/21] mm/slub: remove slab_alloc() and __kmem_cache_alloc

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Message-ID: <ZXEhbUL371iZztHQ@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2023 10:35:41 +0900
From:   Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/21] mm/slub: remove slab_alloc() and
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru() wrappers

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 07:34:30PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> slab_alloc() is a thin wrapper around slab_alloc_node() with only one
> caller.  Replace with direct call of slab_alloc_node().
> __kmem_cache_alloc_lru() itself is a thin wrapper with two callers,
> so replace it with direct calls of slab_alloc_node() and
> trace_kmem_cache_alloc().
> 
> This also makes sure _RET_IP_ has always the expected value and not
> depending on inlining decisions.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---
>  mm/slub.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index d6bc15929d22..5683f1d02e4f 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3821,33 +3821,26 @@ static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list
>  	return object;
>  }
>  
> -static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
> -		gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long addr, size_t orig_size)
> -{
> -	return slab_alloc_node(s, lru, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, addr, orig_size);
> -}
> -
> -static __fastpath_inline
> -void *__kmem_cache_alloc_lru(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
> -			     gfp_t gfpflags)
> +void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
>  {
> -	void *ret = slab_alloc(s, lru, gfpflags, _RET_IP_, s->object_size);
> +	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, _RET_IP_,
> +				    s->object_size);
>  
>  	trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -
> -void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
> -{
> -	return __kmem_cache_alloc_lru(s, NULL, gfpflags);
> -}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc);
>  
>  void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
>  			   gfp_t gfpflags)
>  {
> -	return __kmem_cache_alloc_lru(s, lru, gfpflags);
> +	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, lru, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, _RET_IP_,
> +				    s->object_size);
> +
> +	trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_lru);

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>

>  
> 
> -- 
> 2.42.1
> 
>