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SubjectRe: dm: ioctl: use kvfree
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 08:44:37PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> We can use kvfree() instead of calling kfree() and vfree() based on
> if-else and param_flags. kvfree() will check the type of address and
> will call the respective function to free it.
> Additionally we can also remove the use of DM_PARAMS_KMALLOC and
> DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@codethink.co.uk>
>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 11 +----------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> index 2adf81d..d5df3a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> @@ -1670,8 +1670,6 @@ 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 */
>
> static void free_params(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size, int param_flags)
> @@ -1679,10 +1677,7 @@ static void free_params(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size, int param_fla
> 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);

That won't work: param is not always allocated. See code path leading to
the "data_copied:" label in copy_params().

This is the second time this patch has been submitted. Maybe someone should
add a comment explaining why a conditional flag is needed.

Guenter

> }
>
> static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kernel,
> @@ -1716,8 +1711,6 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
> dmi = NULL;
> if (param_kernel->data_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
> dmi = kmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
> - if (dmi)
> - *param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_KMALLOC;
> }
>
> if (!dmi) {
> @@ -1725,8 +1718,6 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
> noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
> dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
> memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
> - if (dmi)
> - *param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC;
> }
>
> if (!dmi) {

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