On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 07:24:41PM +0200, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> Reimplement k[v]realloc_node() to be able to set node and
> alignment should a user need to do so. In order to do that while
> retaining the maximal backward compatibility, add
> k[v]realloc_node_align() functions and redefine the rest of API
> using these new ones.
>
> While doing that, we also keep the number of _noprof variants to a
> minimum, which implies some changes to the existing users of older
> _noprof functions, that basically being bcachefs.
>
> With that change we also provide the ability for the Rust part of
> the kernel to set node and alignment in its K[v]xxx
> [re]allocations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/bcachefs/darray.c | 2 +-
> fs/bcachefs/util.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/bpfptr.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/slab.h | 38 +++++++++++++++----------
> lib/rhashtable.c | 4 +--
> mm/slub.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 6 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index c4b64821e680..6fad4cdea6c4 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@ void kfree(const void *object)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
>
> static __always_inline __realloc_size(2) void *
> -__do_krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
> +__do_krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, unsigned long align, gfp_t
> flags, int nid)
> {
> void *ret;
> size_t ks = 0;
> @@ -4859,6 +4859,20 @@ __do_krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t
> flags)
> if (!kasan_check_byte(p))
> return NULL;
>
> + /* refuse to proceed if alignment is bigger than what kmalloc()
> provides */
> + if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)p, align) || new_size < align)
> + return NULL;
Hmm but what happens if `p` is aligned to `align`, but the new object is not?
For example, what will happen if we allocate object with size=64, align=64
and then do krealloc with size=96, align=64...
Or am I missing something?
> + /*
> + * If reallocation is not necessary (e. g. the new size is less
> + * than the current allocated size), the current allocation will be
> + * preserved unless __GFP_THISNODE is set. In the latter case a new
> + * allocation on the requested node will be attempted.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(flags & __GFP_THISNODE) && nid != NUMA_NO_NODE &&
> + nid != page_to_nid(virt_to_page(p)))
> + goto alloc_new;
> +
> if (is_kfence_address(p)) {
> ks = orig_size = kfence_ksize(p);
> } else {
--
Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon
