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[PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback

From Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback
Date 2016-04-28 15:30 +0200
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Use kvfree rather than DM_PARAMS_[KV]MALLOC specific param flags.

Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 19 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index fe0b57d7573c..2b48c49774bc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1670,19 +1670,14 @@ static int check_version(unsigned int cmd, struct dm_ioctl __user *user)
 	return r;
 }
 
-#define DM_PARAMS_KMALLOC	0x0001	/* Params alloced with kmalloc */
-#define DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC	0x0002	/* Params alloced with vmalloc */
-#define DM_WIPE_BUFFER		0x0010	/* Wipe input buffer before returning from ioctl */
+#define DM_WIPE_BUFFER		0x0001	/* Wipe input buffer before returning from ioctl */
 
 static void free_params(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size, int param_flags)
 {
 	if (param_flags & DM_WIPE_BUFFER)
 		memset(param, 0, param_size);
 
-	if (param_flags & DM_PARAMS_KMALLOC)
-		kfree(param);
-	if (param_flags & DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC)
-		vfree(param);
+	kvfree(param);
 }
 
 static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kernel,
@@ -1714,17 +1709,11 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	 * Use kmalloc() rather than vmalloc() when we can.
 	 */
 	dmi = NULL;
-	if (param_kernel->data_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
+	if (param_kernel->data_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
 		dmi = kmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
-		if (dmi)
-			*param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_KMALLOC;
-	}
 
-	if (!dmi) {
+	if (!dmi)
 		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (dmi)
-			*param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC;
-	}
 
 	if (!dmi) {
 		if (secure_data && clear_user(user, param_kernel->data_size))
-- 
2.8.0.rc3

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[PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-04-28 15:30 +0200
  [PATCH] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-04-28 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc  fallback Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> - 2016-04-28 17:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-04-28 17:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc  fallback Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> - 2016-04-28 17:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc fallback Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-04-28 19:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc  fallback Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> - 2016-04-28 17:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 19/20] md: simplify free_params for kmalloc vs vmalloc  fallback Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-04-28 18:10 +0200

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