[PATCH v3] lib/test_bpf: Call page_address() on page acquired with GFP_KERNEL flag

From: Sumitra Sharma
Date: Thu Jun 22 2023 - 03:53:15 EST


generate_test_data() acquires a page with alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL).
The GFP_KERNEL is typical for kernel-internal allocations.
The caller requires ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone for direct access.

Therefore the page cannot come from ZONE_HIGHMEM. Thus there's
no need to map it with kmap().

Also, the kmap() is being deprecated in favor of
kmap_local_page() [1].

Hence, use a plain page_address() directly.

Since the page passed to the page_address() is not from the highmem
zone, the page_address() function will always return a valid kernel
virtual address and will not return NULL. Hence, remove the check
'if (!ptr)'.

Remove the unused variable 'ptr'.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny
@intel.com/

Suggested-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sumitra Sharma <sumitraartsy@xxxxxxxxx>
---

- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230613073020.GA359792@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3564297.R56niFO833@suse/T/

Changes in v3:
Noted by: Fabio M. De Francesco<fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
- Remove the check 'if (!ptr)'.
- Remove the unused variable 'ptr'.
- Change the commit message.

Changes in v2:
Noted by: Fabio M. De Francesco<fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
- Remove the kmap() call and call page_address() instead.
- Change the commit subject and message.


lib/test_bpf.c | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_bpf.c b/lib/test_bpf.c
index ade9ac672adb..448bc1b0b8b5 100644
--- a/lib/test_bpf.c
+++ b/lib/test_bpf.c
@@ -14381,18 +14381,12 @@ static void *generate_test_data(struct bpf_test *test, int sub)
* single fragment to the skb, filled with
* test->frag_data.
*/
- void *ptr;
-
page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);

if (!page)
goto err_kfree_skb;

- ptr = kmap(page);
- if (!ptr)
- goto err_free_page;
- memcpy(ptr, test->frag_data, MAX_DATA);
- kunmap(page);
+ memcpy(page_address(page), test->frag_data, MAX_DATA);
skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, page, 0, MAX_DATA, MAX_DATA);
}

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