From: "Miquel Sabaté Solà" <mssola@mssola.com>
To: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
Cc: dsterba@suse.com, clm@fb.com, naohiro.aota@wdc.com,
linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kees@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: replace kcalloc() calls to kzalloc_objs()
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:36:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87342q7imh.fsf@> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <69c16813-5ac1-4756-ad42-41b4275e6aee@gmx.com> (Qu Wenruo's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:07:10 +1030")
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Qu Wenruo @ 2026-02-24 15:07 +1030:
> 在 2026/2/24 10:14, Miquel Sabaté Solà 写道:
>> Commit 2932ba8d9c99 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj() and family")
>> introduced, among many others, the kzalloc_objs() helper, which has some
>> benefits over kcalloc().
>> Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mssola@mssola.com>
>> ---
>> fs/btrfs/block-group.c | 2 +-
>> fs/btrfs/raid56.c | 8 ++++----
>> fs/btrfs/tests/zoned-tests.c | 2 +-
>> fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 6 ++----
>> fs/btrfs/zoned.c | 5 ++---
>> 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
>> index 37bea850b3f0..8d85b4707690 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
>> @@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ int btrfs_rmap_block(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 chunk_start,
>> if (map->type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID56_MASK)
>> io_stripe_size = btrfs_stripe_nr_to_offset(nr_data_stripes(map));
>> - buf = kcalloc(map->num_stripes, sizeof(u64), GFP_NOFS);
>> + buf = kzalloc_objs(*buf, map->num_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>
> Not sure if we should use *buf for the type.
>
> I still remember we had some bugs related to incorrect type usage.
Considering the type of 'buf' and how kzalloc_objs() will resolve the
first argument '*buf', it should really just be equivalent to what was
written before.
>
> Another thing is, we may not want to use the kzalloc version.
> We don't want to waste CPU time just to zero out the content meanwhile we're
> ensured to re-assign the contents.
>
> Thus kmalloc_objs() maybe better.
Yes, having a second look at this function, it looks like kmalloc_objs()
might just be enough. If you don't mind, I will add another commit in v2
translating kzalloc_objs() into kmalloc_objs() wherever I see we can do
this from the ones I've touched. This way we can easily revert in case
things go south :)
>
> Thanks,
> Qu
Thanks,
Miquel
>
>
>> if (!buf) {
>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>> goto out;
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/raid56.c b/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
>> index 02105d68accb..1ebfed8f0a0a 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
>> @@ -2110,8 +2110,8 @@ static int recover_sectors(struct btrfs_raid_bio *rbio)
>> * @unmap_array stores copy of pointers that does not get reordered
>> * during reconstruction so that kunmap_local works.
>> */
>> - pointers = kcalloc(rbio->real_stripes, sizeof(void *), GFP_NOFS);
>> - unmap_array = kcalloc(rbio->real_stripes, sizeof(void *), GFP_NOFS);
>> + pointers = kzalloc_objs(*pointers, rbio->real_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> + unmap_array = kzalloc_objs(*unmap_array, rbio->real_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!pointers || !unmap_array) {
>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>> goto out;
>> @@ -2844,8 +2844,8 @@ static int recover_scrub_rbio(struct btrfs_raid_bio *rbio)
>> * @unmap_array stores copy of pointers that does not get reordered
>> * during reconstruction so that kunmap_local works.
>> */
>> - pointers = kcalloc(rbio->real_stripes, sizeof(void *), GFP_NOFS);
>> - unmap_array = kcalloc(rbio->real_stripes, sizeof(void *), GFP_NOFS);
>> + pointers = kzalloc_objs(*pointers, rbio->real_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> + unmap_array = kzalloc_objs(*unmap_array, rbio->real_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!pointers || !unmap_array) {
>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>> goto out;
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/zoned-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/zoned-tests.c
>> index da21c7aea31a..2bc3b14baa41 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/tests/zoned-tests.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/zoned-tests.c
>> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int test_load_zone_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> }
>> - zone_info = kcalloc(test->num_stripes, sizeof(*zone_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + zone_info = kzalloc_objs(*zone_info, test->num_stripes, GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!zone_info) {
>> test_err("cannot allocate zone info");
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
>> index e15e138c515b..c0cf8f7c5a8e 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
>> @@ -5499,8 +5499,7 @@ static int calc_one_profile_avail(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
>> goto out;
>> }
>> - devices_info = kcalloc(fs_devices->rw_devices, sizeof(*devices_info),
>> - GFP_NOFS);
>> + devices_info = kzalloc_objs(*devices_info, fs_devices->rw_devices, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!devices_info) {
>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>> goto out;
>> @@ -6067,8 +6066,7 @@ struct btrfs_block_group *btrfs_create_chunk(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
>> ctl.space_info = space_info;
>> init_alloc_chunk_ctl(fs_devices, &ctl);
>> - devices_info = kcalloc(fs_devices->rw_devices, sizeof(*devices_info),
>> - GFP_NOFS);
>> + devices_info = kzalloc_objs(*devices_info, fs_devices->rw_devices, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!devices_info)
>> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
>> index ab330ec957bc..851b0de7bed7 100644
>> --- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
>> +++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
>> @@ -1697,8 +1697,7 @@ static int btrfs_load_block_group_raid10(struct btrfs_block_group *bg,
>> return -EINVAL;
>> }
>> - raid0_allocs = kcalloc(map->num_stripes / map->sub_stripes,
>> sizeof(*raid0_allocs),
>> - GFP_NOFS);
>> + raid0_allocs = kzalloc_objs(*raid0_allocs, map->num_stripes / map->sub_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!raid0_allocs)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> @@ -1916,7 +1915,7 @@ int btrfs_load_block_group_zone_info(struct
>> btrfs_block_group *cache, bool new)
>> cache->physical_map = map;
>> - zone_info = kcalloc(map->num_stripes, sizeof(*zone_info), GFP_NOFS);
>> + zone_info = kzalloc_objs(*zone_info, map->num_stripes, GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!zone_info) {
>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>> goto out;
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-23 23:44 [PATCH] btrfs: replace kcalloc() calls to kzalloc_objs() Miquel Sabaté Solà
2026-02-24 0:06 ` Kees Cook
2026-02-24 6:23 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
[not found] ` <699d43e6.170a0220.3a6e96.a235SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2026-02-24 11:29 ` David Sterba
2026-02-24 12:23 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2026-02-24 4:37 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-02-24 4:42 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-02-24 13:52 ` David Sterba
2026-02-24 6:36 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà [this message]
[not found] ` <699d4704.050a0220.1a6450.86d7SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2026-02-24 6:48 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-02-24 8:59 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2026-02-24 14:55 ` David Laight
2026-02-25 14:44 ` David Sterba
2026-02-25 17:11 ` David Laight
2026-02-24 6:32 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2026-02-24 6:46 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
2026-02-24 6:54 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-02-24 9:04 ` Miquel Sabaté Solà
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