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Message-ID: <bbdhr62fk7jts6b4wok6hpbjtoiyzofbithwlq7kl5dkabn3bz@3lf47k4xrmhc>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:33:30 +0200
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
To: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, 
	justinstitt@...gle.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, 
	rostedt@...dmis.org, catalin.marinas@....com, penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp, 
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, audit@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, 
	selinux@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 6/8] mm/util: Deduplicate code in
 {kstrdup,kstrndup,kmemdup_nul}

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 12:32:53PM GMT, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 11:03:19AM GMT, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > These three functions follow the same pattern. To deduplicate the code,
> > let's introduce a common helper __kmemdup_nul().
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
> > Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
> > ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>

(Or maybe I should say

Co-developed-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>

)


> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> >  mm/util.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> > index 9a77a347c385..42714fe13e24 100644
> > --- a/mm/util.c
> > +++ b/mm/util.c
> > @@ -45,33 +45,41 @@ void kfree_const(const void *x)
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_const);
> >  
> >  /**
> > - * kstrdup - allocate space for and copy an existing string
> > - * @s: the string to duplicate
> > + * __kmemdup_nul - Create a NUL-terminated string from @s, which might be unterminated.
> > + * @s: The data to copy
> > + * @len: The size of the data, not including the NUL terminator
> >   * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
> >   *
> > - * Return: newly allocated copy of @s or %NULL in case of error
> > + * Return: newly allocated copy of @s with NUL-termination or %NULL in
> > + * case of error
> >   */
> > -noinline
> > -char *kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
> > +static __always_inline char *__kmemdup_nul(const char *s, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> > -	size_t len;
> >  	char *buf;
> >  
> > -	if (!s)
> > +	/* '+1' for the NUL terminator */
> > +	buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len + 1, gfp);
> > +	if (!buf)
> >  		return NULL;
> >  
> > -	len = strlen(s) + 1;
> > -	buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len, gfp);
> > -	if (buf) {
> > -		memcpy(buf, s, len);
> > -		/* During memcpy(), the string might be updated to a new value,
> > -		 * which could be longer than the string when strlen() is
> > -		 * called. Therefore, we need to add a NUL termimator.
> > -		 */
> > -		buf[len - 1] = '\0';
> > -	}
> > +	memcpy(buf, s, len);
> > +	/* Ensure the buf is always NUL-terminated, regardless of @s. */
> > +	buf[len] = '\0';
> >  	return buf;
> >  }
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * kstrdup - allocate space for and copy an existing string
> > + * @s: the string to duplicate
> > + * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
> > + *
> > + * Return: newly allocated copy of @s or %NULL in case of error
> > + */
> > +noinline
> > +char *kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
> > +{
> > +	return s ? __kmemdup_nul(s, strlen(s), gfp) : NULL;
> > +}
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrdup);
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -106,19 +114,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrdup_const);
> >   */
> >  char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> > -	size_t len;
> > -	char *buf;
> > -
> > -	if (!s)
> > -		return NULL;
> > -
> > -	len = strnlen(s, max);
> > -	buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len+1, gfp);
> > -	if (buf) {
> > -		memcpy(buf, s, len);
> > -		buf[len] = '\0';
> > -	}
> > -	return buf;
> > +	return s ? __kmemdup_nul(s, strnlen(s, max), gfp) : NULL;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrndup);
> >  
> > @@ -192,17 +188,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmemdup);
> >   */
> >  char *kmemdup_nul(const char *s, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> > -	char *buf;
> > -
> > -	if (!s)
> > -		return NULL;
> > -
> > -	buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len + 1, gfp);
> > -	if (buf) {
> > -		memcpy(buf, s, len);
> > -		buf[len] = '\0';
> > -	}
> > -	return buf;
> > +	return s ? __kmemdup_nul(s, len, gfp) : NULL;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup_nul);
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.43.5
> > 
> 
> -- 
> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>



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