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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib/string_helpers: Use the given gfp flag when allocating memory
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Le 16/01/2022 à 13:49, Christophe JAILLET a écrit :
> kstrdup_quotable_cmdline() is given a gfp flag that is passed and used for
> memory allocation in kstrdup_quotable() just a few lines below.
>
> It looks reasonable to use this gfp value for the buffer allocated and
> freed in kstrdup_quotable_cmdline() as well.
>
> Fixes: 0ee931c4e31a ("mm: treewide: remove GFP_TEMPORARY allocation flag")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---
> According to what I've found in 5.16, all callers use GFP_KERNEL, so this
> patch should be a no-op.
> But who knows how it will be used in the future. Better safe than sorry.
> ---
> lib/string_helpers.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
> index 90f9f1b7afec..7aceeb40dfd7 100644
> --- a/lib/string_helpers.c
> +++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
> @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ char *kstrdup_quotable_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, gfp_t gfp)
> char *buffer, *quoted;
> int i, res;
>
> - buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> + buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, gfp);
> if (!buffer)
> return NULL;
>
>

I have sent a V2. I missed the same issue in kstrdup_quotable_file().

CJ

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