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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: Use GFP_KERNEL for allocating struct tpm_buf
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On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 21:51 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Switch from GFP_HIGHUSER to GFP_KERNEL. On 32-bit platforms kmap()
> space
> could be unnecessarily wasted because of using GFP_HIGHUSER by taking
> a
> page of from the highmem.
>
> Suggested-by: James Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> index a4f74dd02a35..d20745965350 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static inline void tpm_buf_reset(struct tpm_buf
> *buf, u16 tag, u32 ordinal)
>
> static inline int tpm_buf_init(struct tpm_buf *buf, u16 tag, u32
> ordinal)
> {
> - buf->data_page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
> + buf->data_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!buf->data_page)
> return -ENOMEM;

The kmap/kunmap needs removing as well, and now the data_page field
isn't necessary, so it can go. I think the result should be something
like the below (uncompiled and untested).

James

---

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index a7fea3e0ca86..b4f1cbf344b6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ enum tpm_buf_flags {
};

struct tpm_buf {
- struct page *data_page;
unsigned int flags;
u8 *data;
};
@@ -300,20 +299,18 @@ static inline void tpm_buf_reset(struct tpm_buf *buf, u16 tag, u32 ordinal)

static inline int tpm_buf_init(struct tpm_buf *buf, u16 tag, u32 ordinal)
{
- buf->data_page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
- if (!buf->data_page)
+ buf->data = (u8 *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf->data)
return -ENOMEM;

buf->flags = 0;
- buf->data = kmap(buf->data_page);
tpm_buf_reset(buf, tag, ordinal);
return 0;
}

static inline void tpm_buf_destroy(struct tpm_buf *buf)
{
- kunmap(buf->data_page);
- __free_page(buf->data_page);
+ free_page(buf->data);
}

static inline u32 tpm_buf_length(struct tpm_buf *buf)

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