From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v6 3/8] mm/slab: Drop the ctor and flags arguments from kmem_buckets_create()
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 02:20:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006092035.166776-3-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261006092030.got.500-kees@kernel.org>
A bucket set passes its constructor and slab flags to its own caches,
but its allocations do not always come from them. With
CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS=n, kmem_buckets_create() returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR, and
when creating the set fails it returns NULL. Either way
kmem_buckets_alloc() is served by the general kmalloc caches, which have
neither, so a caller cannot depend on them. msg_msg depended on
SLAB_ACCOUNT, which it no longer passes since accounting through
GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT instead.
No caller passes a constructor or flags; drop both arguments. The set's
caches keep SLAB_NO_MERGE, which kmem_buckets_create() always added.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/slab.h | 5 ++---
ipc/msgutil.c | 5 ++---
mm/slab_common.c | 14 ++++----------
mm/util.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index cda126def67a..31f97e2579a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -890,9 +890,8 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
bool kmem_cache_charge(void *objp, gfp_t gfpflags);
void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *objp);
-kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags,
- unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize,
- void (*ctor)(void *));
+kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, unsigned int useroffset,
+ unsigned int usersize);
/*
* Bulk allocation and freeing operations. These are accelerated in an
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index 1ba8e59cb255..10ce3087b089 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ static kmem_buckets *msg_buckets __ro_after_init;
static int __init init_msg_buckets(void)
{
- msg_buckets = kmem_buckets_create("msg_msg", 0,
- sizeof(struct msg_msg),
- DATALEN_MSG, NULL);
+ msg_buckets = kmem_buckets_create("msg_msg", sizeof(struct msg_msg),
+ DATALEN_MSG);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 270408ce5a9d..f8bb70d76eb4 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -415,12 +415,10 @@ static struct kmem_cache *kmem_buckets_cache __ro_after_init;
* allocations via kmem_buckets_alloc()
* @name: A prefix string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this
* cache. The individual caches with have their sizes as the suffix.
- * @flags: SLAB flags (see kmem_cache_create() for details).
* @useroffset: Starting offset within an allocation that may be copied
* to/from userspace.
* @usersize: How many bytes, starting at @useroffset, may be copied
* to/from userspace.
- * @ctor: A constructor for the objects, run when new allocations are made.
*
* Context: Cannot be called within an interrupt, but can be interrupted.
*
@@ -429,10 +427,8 @@ static struct kmem_cache *kmem_buckets_cache __ro_after_init;
* subsequent calls to kmem_buckets_alloc() will fall back to kmalloc().
* (i.e. callers only need to check for NULL on failure.)
*/
-kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags,
- unsigned int useroffset,
- unsigned int usersize,
- void (*ctor)(void *))
+kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, unsigned int useroffset,
+ unsigned int usersize)
{
unsigned long mask = 0;
unsigned int idx;
@@ -455,8 +451,6 @@ kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags,
if (WARN_ON(!b))
return NULL;
- flags |= SLAB_NO_MERGE;
-
for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_NORMAL]); idx++) {
char *short_size, *cache_name;
unsigned int cache_useroffset, cache_usersize;
@@ -487,8 +481,8 @@ kmem_buckets *kmem_buckets_create(const char *name, slab_flags_t flags,
if (WARN_ON(!cache_name))
goto fail;
(*b)[aligned_idx] = kmem_cache_create_usercopy(cache_name, size,
- 0, flags, cache_useroffset,
- cache_usersize, ctor);
+ 0, SLAB_NO_MERGE, cache_useroffset,
+ cache_usersize, NULL);
kfree(cache_name);
if (WARN_ON(!(*b)[aligned_idx]))
goto fail;
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index bf0513d1d3d0..0cd125f1ea99 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static kmem_buckets *user_buckets __ro_after_init;
static int __init init_user_buckets(void)
{
- user_buckets = kmem_buckets_create("memdup_user", 0, 0, INT_MAX, NULL);
+ user_buckets = kmem_buckets_create("memdup_user", 0, INT_MAX);
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 9:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 9:20 [PATCH net-next v6 0/8] net: skb: isolate skb data area allocations into a separate bucket Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 1/8] mm/slab: Mark the kmem_buckets_create() context as a Context: section Kees Cook
2026-10-12 16:55 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 2/8] ipc, msg: Account msg_msg allocations with GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT again Kees Cook
2026-10-09 14:22 ` Harry Yoo
2026-10-09 19:39 ` Harry Yoo
2026-10-10 3:18 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-12 21:05 ` Harry Yoo
2026-10-12 21:19 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-13 8:52 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-13 9:48 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-10 3:14 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-10 22:37 ` Andrew Morton
2026-10-12 16:46 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-13 3:40 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-12 17:55 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-12 21:03 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-10-13 3:46 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 4/8] mm/slab: Give bucket caches the alignment of the caches they mirror Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 5/8] mm/slab: Add kmem_buckets_destroy() Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 6/8] mm/slab: Add tests for the existing kmem_buckets behaviour Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 7/8] mm/slab: Provide kmalloc type fallback for bucket allocations Kees Cook
2026-10-06 9:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 8/8] net: skb: isolate skb data area allocations into a separate bucket Kees Cook
2026-10-08 21:25 ` [PATCH net-next v6 0/8] " Harry Yoo
2026-10-09 6:36 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-09 7:02 ` Vlastimil Babka
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