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-rw-r--r--include/linux/slab.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/util.c44
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c2
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 9aa90a6..be6f1d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *cachep, const void *ptr);
/*
* Common kmalloc functions provided by all allocators
*/
+void * __must_check __krealloc(const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
void * __must_check krealloc(const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
void kfree(const void *);
size_t ksize(const void *);
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 8f18683..6ef9e99 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -68,25 +68,22 @@ void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);
/**
- * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
+ * __krealloc - like krealloc() but don't free @p.
* @p: object to reallocate memory for.
* @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
* @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
*
- * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
- * lesser of the new and old sizes. If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
- * behaves exactly like kmalloc(). If @size is 0 and @p is not a
- * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
+ * This function is like krealloc() except it never frees the originally
+ * allocated buffer. Use this if you don't want to free the buffer immediately
+ * like, for example, with RCU.
*/
-void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
+void *__krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
{
void *ret;
size_t ks = 0;
- if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
- kfree(p);
+ if (unlikely(!new_size))
return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
- }
if (p)
ks = ksize(p);
@@ -95,10 +92,37 @@ void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
return (void *)p;
ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags);
- if (ret && p) {
+ if (ret && p)
memcpy(ret, p, ks);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__krealloc);
+
+/**
+ * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
+ * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
+ * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
+ * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
+ *
+ * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
+ * lesser of the new and old sizes. If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
+ * behaves exactly like kmalloc(). If @size is 0 and @p is not a
+ * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
+ */
+void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ void *ret;
+
+ if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
kfree(p);
+ return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
}
+
+ ret = __krealloc(p, new_size, flags);
+ if (ret && p != ret)
+ kfree(p);
+
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
index 3469bc7..c956ef7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void *__nf_ct_ext_add(struct nf_conn *ct, enum nf_ct_ext_id id, gfp_t gfp)
newlen = newoff + t->len;
rcu_read_unlock();
- new = krealloc(ct->ext, newlen, gfp);
+ new = __krealloc(ct->ext, newlen, gfp);
if (!new)
return NULL;