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[PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations

Kees Cook posted 2 patches 3 years, 4 months ago
[PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations
Posted by Kees Cook 3 years, 4 months ago 
Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node()
does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value
can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that
all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call,
where __alloc_size() hints will actually be seen[1] by GCC. (A constant
return value of 0 means the "0" allocation size won't be propagated by
the inline.)

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96503

Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
 include/linux/slab.h | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 9033937c758e..84be05208418 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -561,17 +561,13 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
 static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
 		unsigned int index;
 
 		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
 			return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
 
 		index = kmalloc_index(size);
-
-		if (!index)
-			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
-
 		return kmalloc_trace(
 				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
 				flags, size);
@@ -591,17 +587,13 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
 static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 {
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
 		unsigned int index;
 
 		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
 			return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
 
 		index = kmalloc_index(size);
-
-		if (!index)
-			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
-
 		return kmalloc_node_trace(
 				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
 				flags, node, size);
-- 
2.34.1
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations
Posted by Hyeonggon Yoo 3 years, 4 months ago 
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:51:59PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node()
> does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value
> can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that
> all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call,
> where __alloc_size() hints will actually be seen[1] by GCC. (A constant
> return value of 0 means the "0" allocation size won't be propagated by
> the inline.)
> 
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96503
> 
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/slab.h | 12 ++----------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index 9033937c758e..84be05208418 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -561,17 +561,13 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align
>  #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
>  static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>  {
> -	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> +	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
>  		unsigned int index;
>  
>  		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
>  			return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
>  
>  		index = kmalloc_index(size);
> -
> -		if (!index)
> -			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> -
>  		return kmalloc_trace(
>  				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
>  				flags, size);
> @@ -591,17 +587,13 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>  #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
>  static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
>  {
> -	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> +	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
>  		unsigned int index;
>  
>  		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
>  			return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
>  
>  		index = kmalloc_index(size);
> -
> -		if (!index)
> -			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> -
>  		return kmalloc_node_trace(
>  				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
>  				flags, node, size);
> -- 
> 2.34.1

Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Hyeonggon
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations
Posted by Vlastimil Babka 3 years, 4 months ago 
On 11/18/22 04:51, Kees Cook wrote:
> Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node()
> does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value
> can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that
> all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call,

So with the kmalloc_trace() already solved, we could now say it's not "in
preparation", but simply "makes sure", right? I can correct that while
picking this patch.

> where __alloc_size() hints will actually be seen[1] by GCC. (A constant
> return value of 0 means the "0" allocation size won't be propagated by
> the inline.)
> 
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96503
> 
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/slab.h | 12 ++----------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index 9033937c758e..84be05208418 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -561,17 +561,13 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align
>  #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
>  static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>  {
> -	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> +	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
>  		unsigned int index;
>  
>  		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
>  			return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
>  
>  		index = kmalloc_index(size);
> -
> -		if (!index)
> -			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> -
>  		return kmalloc_trace(
>  				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
>  				flags, size);
> @@ -591,17 +587,13 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>  #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
>  static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
>  {
> -	if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> +	if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size) {
>  		unsigned int index;
>  
>  		if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
>  			return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
>  
>  		index = kmalloc_index(size);
> -
> -		if (!index)
> -			return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> -
>  		return kmalloc_node_trace(
>  				kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
>  				flags, node, size);
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations
Posted by Kees Cook 3 years, 4 months ago 
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 12:34:01PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 11/18/22 04:51, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node()
> > does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value
> > can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that
> > all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call,
> 
> So with the kmalloc_trace() already solved, we could now say it's not "in
> preparation", but simply "makes sure", right? I can correct that while
> picking this patch.

Yeah, good point. I missed this when updating the commit logs. Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] slab: Remove special-casing of const 0 size allocations
Posted by Vlastimil Babka 3 years, 4 months ago 
On 11/18/22 18:06, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 12:34:01PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> On 11/18/22 04:51, Kees Cook wrote:
>> > Passing a constant-0 size allocation into kmalloc() or kmalloc_node()
>> > does not need to be a fast-path operation, so the static return value
>> > can be removed entirely. This is in preparation for making sure that
>> > all paths through the inlines result in a full extern function call,
>> 
>> So with the kmalloc_trace() already solved, we could now say it's not "in
>> preparation", but simply "makes sure", right? I can correct that while
>> picking this patch.
> 
> Yeah, good point. I missed this when updating the commit logs. Thanks!

Great, pushed to slab/for-6.2/alloc_size

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