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diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index c9e706db4634..d7c4443991fe 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
* is less than 512 (PAGE_SIZE<<3), but greater than 256.
*/
+typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
#define BUFCTL_END (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-0)
#define BUFCTL_FREE (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-1)
#define SLAB_LIMIT (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-2)
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ static inline kmem_cache_t *__find_general_cachep(size_t size,
csizep++;
/*
- * Really subtile: The last entry with cs->cs_size==ULONG_MAX
+ * Really subtle: The last entry with cs->cs_size==ULONG_MAX
* has cs_{dma,}cachep==NULL. Thus no special case
* for large kmalloc calls required.
*/
@@ -2165,7 +2166,9 @@ static inline void *__cache_alloc(kmem_cache_t *cachep, unsigned int __nocast fl
objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags);
}
local_irq_restore(save_flags);
- objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
+ prefetchw(objp);
return objp;
}
@@ -2555,24 +2558,18 @@ void kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache_t *cachep, void *objp)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
/**
- * kcalloc - allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero.
- * @n: number of elements.
- * @size: element size.
+ * kzalloc - allocate memory. The memory is set to zero.
+ * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
* @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
*/
-void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
+void *kzalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
{
- void *ret = NULL;
-
- if (n != 0 && size > INT_MAX / n)
- return ret;
-
- ret = kmalloc(n * size, flags);
+ void *ret = kmalloc(size, flags);
if (ret)
- memset(ret, 0, n * size);
+ memset(ret, 0, size);
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcalloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzalloc);
/**
* kfree - free previously allocated memory
@@ -3073,20 +3070,24 @@ ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
}
#endif
+/**
+ * ksize - get the actual amount of memory allocated for a given object
+ * @objp: Pointer to the object
+ *
+ * kmalloc may internally round up allocations and return more memory
+ * than requested. ksize() can be used to determine the actual amount of
+ * memory allocated. The caller may use this additional memory, even though
+ * a smaller amount of memory was initially specified with the kmalloc call.
+ * The caller must guarantee that objp points to a valid object previously
+ * allocated with either kmalloc() or kmem_cache_alloc(). The object
+ * must not be freed during the duration of the call.
+ */
unsigned int ksize(const void *objp)
{
- kmem_cache_t *c;
- unsigned long flags;
- unsigned int size = 0;
-
- if (likely(objp != NULL)) {
- local_irq_save(flags);
- c = GET_PAGE_CACHE(virt_to_page(objp));
- size = kmem_cache_size(c);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- }
+ if (unlikely(objp == NULL))
+ return 0;
- return size;
+ return obj_reallen(GET_PAGE_CACHE(virt_to_page(objp)));
}