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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-26 20:17:56 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-26 20:17:56 -0700
commit228428428138e231a155464239880201e5cc8b44 (patch)
tree89b437f5501d03ca36b717e232337426d0de77ca /mm/util.c
parent78681ac08a611313595d13cafabae1183b71ef48 (diff)
parent6c3b8fc618905d7599dcc514c99ce4293d476f39 (diff)
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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.c44
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);