Re: [PATCH v5] mm: SLAB freelist randomization

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Apr 27 2016 - 15:16:22 EST


On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:20:59 -0700 Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Provides an optional config (CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM) to randomize
> the SLAB freelist.

Forgot this bit?

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-slab-freelist-randomization-v5-fix

propagate gfp_t into cache_random_seq_create()

Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- a/mm/slab.c~mm-slab-freelist-randomization-v5-fix
+++ a/mm/slab.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ static void freelist_randomize(struct rn
}

/* Create a random sequence per cache */
-static int cache_random_seq_create(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+static int cache_random_seq_create(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
{
unsigned int seed, count = cachep->num;
struct rnd_state state;
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static int cache_random_seq_create(struc
return 0;

/* If it fails, we will just use the global lists */
- cachep->random_seq = kcalloc(count, sizeof(freelist_idx_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+ cachep->random_seq = kcalloc(count, sizeof(freelist_idx_t), gfp);
if (!cachep->random_seq)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static void cache_random_seq_destroy(str
cachep->random_seq = NULL;
}
#else
-static inline int cache_random_seq_create(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+static inline int cache_random_seq_create(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;
}
@@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ static int enable_cpucache(struct kmem_c
int shared = 0;
int batchcount = 0;

- err = cache_random_seq_create(cachep);
+ err = cache_random_seq_create(cachep, gfp);
if (err)
goto end;

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