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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/slab_common.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/slob.c | 42 |
4 files changed, 49 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index 7744aa3bf2e0..939e3dfc86e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ limited. The actual limit depends on the hardware and the kernel configuration, but it is a good practice to use `kmalloc` for objects smaller than page size. +The address of a chunk allocated with `kmalloc` is aligned to at least +ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN bytes. For sizes which are a power of two, the +alignment is also guaranteed to be at least the respective size. + For large allocations you can use :c:func:`vmalloc` and :c:func:`vzalloc`, or directly request pages from the page allocator. The memory allocated by `vmalloc` and related functions is diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index ab2b98ad76e1..4d2a2fa55ed5 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags) * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory * for objects smaller than page size in the kernel. * + * The allocated object address is aligned to at least ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN + * bytes. For @size of power of two bytes, the alignment is also guaranteed + * to be at least to the size. + * * The @flags argument may be one of the GFP flags defined at * include/linux/gfp.h and described at * :ref:`Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst <mm-api-gfp-flags>` diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c index 0a94cf858aa4..c29f03adca91 100644 --- a/mm/slab_common.c +++ b/mm/slab_common.c @@ -1030,10 +1030,19 @@ void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name, unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize) { int err; + unsigned int align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN; s->name = name; s->size = s->object_size = size; - s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, size); + + /* + * For power of two sizes, guarantee natural alignment for kmalloc + * caches, regardless of SL*B debugging options. + */ + if (is_power_of_2(size)) + align = max(align, size); + s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size); + s->useroffset = useroffset; s->usersize = usersize; diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c index 835088d55645..fa53e9f73893 100644 --- a/mm/slob.c +++ b/mm/slob.c @@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static void slob_free_pages(void *b, int order) * @sp: Page to look in. * @size: Size of the allocation. * @align: Allocation alignment. + * @align_offset: Offset in the allocated block that will be aligned. * @page_removed_from_list: Return parameter. * * Tries to find a chunk of memory at least @size bytes big within @page. @@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ static void slob_free_pages(void *b, int order) * true (set to false otherwise). */ static void *slob_page_alloc(struct page *sp, size_t size, int align, - bool *page_removed_from_list) + int align_offset, bool *page_removed_from_list) { slob_t *prev, *cur, *aligned = NULL; int delta = 0, units = SLOB_UNITS(size); @@ -243,8 +244,17 @@ static void *slob_page_alloc(struct page *sp, size_t size, int align, for (prev = NULL, cur = sp->freelist; ; prev = cur, cur = slob_next(cur)) { slobidx_t avail = slob_units(cur); + /* + * 'aligned' will hold the address of the slob block so that the + * address 'aligned'+'align_offset' is aligned according to the + * 'align' parameter. This is for kmalloc() which prepends the + * allocated block with its size, so that the block itself is + * aligned when needed. + */ if (align) { - aligned = (slob_t *)ALIGN((unsigned long)cur, align); + aligned = (slob_t *) + (ALIGN((unsigned long)cur + align_offset, align) + - align_offset); delta = aligned - cur; } if (avail >= units + delta) { /* room enough? */ @@ -288,7 +298,8 @@ static void *slob_page_alloc(struct page *sp, size_t size, int align, /* * slob_alloc: entry point into the slob allocator. */ -static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node) +static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node, + int align_offset) { struct page *sp; struct list_head *slob_list; @@ -319,7 +330,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node) if (sp->units < SLOB_UNITS(size)) continue; - b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align, &page_removed_from_list); + b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align, align_offset, &page_removed_from_list); if (!b) continue; @@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->slab_list); set_slob(b, SLOB_UNITS(PAGE_SIZE), b + SLOB_UNITS(PAGE_SIZE)); set_slob_page_free(sp, slob_list); - b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align, &_unused); + b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align, align_offset, &_unused); BUG_ON(!b); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slob_lock, flags); } @@ -458,7 +469,7 @@ static __always_inline void * __do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int node, unsigned long caller) { unsigned int *m; - int align = max_t(size_t, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN); + int minalign = max_t(size_t, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN); void *ret; gfp &= gfp_allowed_mask; @@ -466,19 +477,28 @@ __do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int node, unsigned long caller) fs_reclaim_acquire(gfp); fs_reclaim_release(gfp); - if (size < PAGE_SIZE - align) { + if (size < PAGE_SIZE - minalign) { + int align = minalign; + + /* + * For power of two sizes, guarantee natural alignment for + * kmalloc()'d objects. + */ + if (is_power_of_2(size)) + align = max(minalign, (int) size); + if (!size) return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; - m = slob_alloc(size + align, gfp, align, node); + m = slob_alloc(size + minalign, gfp, align, node, minalign); if (!m) return NULL; *m = size; - ret = (void *)m + align; + ret = (void *)m + minalign; trace_kmalloc_node(caller, ret, - size, size + align, gfp, node); + size, size + minalign, gfp, node); } else { unsigned int order = get_order(size); @@ -579,7 +599,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *c, gfp_t flags, int node) fs_reclaim_release(flags); if (c->size < PAGE_SIZE) { - b = slob_alloc(c->size, flags, c->align, node); + b = slob_alloc(c->size, flags, c->align, node, 0); trace_kmem_cache_alloc_node(_RET_IP_, b, c->object_size, SLOB_UNITS(c->size) * SLOB_UNIT, flags, node); |