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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-26 20:17:56 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-26 20:17:56 -0700 |
commit | 228428428138e231a155464239880201e5cc8b44 (patch) | |
tree | 89b437f5501d03ca36b717e232337426d0de77ca /mm/util.c | |
parent | 78681ac08a611313595d13cafabae1183b71ef48 (diff) | |
parent | 6c3b8fc618905d7599dcc514c99ce4293d476f39 (diff) | |
download | lwn-228428428138e231a155464239880201e5cc8b44.tar.gz lwn-228428428138e231a155464239880201e5cc8b44.zip |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
netns: fix ip_rt_frag_needed rt_is_expired
netfilter: nf_conntrack_extend: avoid unnecessary "ct->ext" dereferences
netfilter: fix double-free and use-after free
netfilter: arptables in netns for real
netfilter: ip{,6}tables_security: fix future section mismatch
selinux: use nf_register_hooks()
netfilter: ebtables: use nf_register_hooks()
Revert "pkt_sched: sch_sfq: dump a real number of flows"
qeth: use dev->ml_priv instead of dev->priv
syncookies: Make sure ECN is disabled
net: drop unused BUG_TRAP()
net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON
drivers/net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 44 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index d8d02210e06c..9341ca77bd88 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -70,25 +70,22 @@ void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp) EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup); /** - * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged. + * __krealloc - like krealloc() but don't free @p. * @p: object to reallocate memory for. * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required. * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. * - * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the - * lesser of the new and old sizes. If @p is %NULL, krealloc() - * behaves exactly like kmalloc(). If @size is 0 and @p is not a - * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed. + * This function is like krealloc() except it never frees the originally + * allocated buffer. Use this if you don't want to free the buffer immediately + * like, for example, with RCU. */ -void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) +void *__krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) { void *ret; size_t ks = 0; - if (unlikely(!new_size)) { - kfree(p); + if (unlikely(!new_size)) return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; - } if (p) ks = ksize(p); @@ -97,10 +94,37 @@ void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) return (void *)p; ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags); - if (ret && p) { + if (ret && p) memcpy(ret, p, ks); + + return ret; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__krealloc); + +/** + * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged. + * @p: object to reallocate memory for. + * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required. + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. + * + * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the + * lesser of the new and old sizes. If @p is %NULL, krealloc() + * behaves exactly like kmalloc(). If @size is 0 and @p is not a + * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed. + */ +void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) +{ + void *ret; + + if (unlikely(!new_size)) { kfree(p); + return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; } + + ret = __krealloc(p, new_size, flags); + if (ret && p != ret) + kfree(p); + return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc); |