From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org (open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS
SUBSYSTEM),
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:UPROBES)
Subject: [PATCHv2] uprobes: Use flexible array for xol_area bitmap
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:56:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260511225648.27886-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
The XOL slot bitmap has the same lifetime as struct xol_area, but it
is currently allocated separately. That adds another allocation
failure path and a matching cleanup branch without buying any extra
flexibility.
Store the bitmap as a flexible array member and allocate it together
with the xol_area using kzalloc_flex(). The bitmap remains
zero-initialized, while the allocation and error handling become
simpler.
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
v2: add missing kfree
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 14 +++-----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 4084e926e284..eba71700667e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(delayed_uprobe_list);
*/
struct xol_area {
wait_queue_head_t wq; /* if all slots are busy */
- unsigned long *bitmap; /* 0 = free slot */
struct page *page;
/*
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ struct xol_area {
* the vma go away, and we must handle that reasonably gracefully.
*/
unsigned long vaddr; /* Page(s) of instruction slots */
+ unsigned long bitmap[]; /* 0 = free slot */
};
static void uprobe_warn(struct task_struct *t, const char *msg)
@@ -1755,18 +1755,13 @@ static struct xol_area *__create_xol_area(unsigned long vaddr)
struct xol_area *area;
void *insns;
- area = kzalloc_obj(*area);
+ area = kzalloc_flex(*area, bitmap, BITS_TO_LONGS(UINSNS_PER_PAGE));
if (unlikely(!area))
goto out;
- area->bitmap = kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(UINSNS_PER_PAGE), sizeof(long),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!area->bitmap)
- goto free_area;
-
area->page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO);
if (!area->page)
- goto free_bitmap;
+ goto free_area;
area->vaddr = vaddr;
init_waitqueue_head(&area->wq);
@@ -1779,8 +1774,6 @@ static struct xol_area *__create_xol_area(unsigned long vaddr)
return area;
__free_page(area->page);
- free_bitmap:
- kfree(area->bitmap);
free_area:
kfree(area);
out:
@@ -1831,7 +1824,6 @@ void uprobe_clear_state(struct mm_struct *mm)
return;
put_page(area->page);
- kfree(area->bitmap);
kfree(area);
}
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-11 22:56 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-05-12 0:48 ` [PATCHv2] uprobes: Use flexible array for xol_area bitmap Masami Hiramatsu
2026-05-12 11:29 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-05-12 14:48 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-05-12 16:17 ` Oleg Nesterov
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