mm: vmalloc: actually use the in-place vrealloc region
authorKees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Thu, 15 May 2025 21:42:15 +0000 (14:42 -0700)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 25 May 2025 07:53:48 +0000 (00:53 -0700)
Patch series "mm: vmalloc: Actually use the in-place vrealloc region".

This fixes a performance regression[1] with vrealloc()[1].

The refactoring to not build a new vmalloc region only actually worked
when shrinking.  Actually return the resized area when it grows.  Ugh.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250515214217.619685-1-kees@kernel.org
Fixes: a0309faf1cb0 ("mm: vmalloc: support more granular vrealloc() sizing")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250515-bpf-verifier-slowdown-vwo2meju4cgp2su5ckj@6gi6ssxbnfqg [1]
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: "Erhard F." <erhard_f@mailbox.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/vmalloc.c

index 2d7511654831e94f71c966e74f2f7a3ae16ec456..74bd00fd734dd4418569b8b31085de9dc74dab85 100644 (file)
@@ -4111,6 +4111,7 @@ void *vrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
                if (want_init_on_alloc(flags))
                        memset((void *)p + old_size, 0, size - old_size);
                vm->requested_size = size;
+               return (void *)p;
        }
 
        /* TODO: Grow the vm_area, i.e. allocate and map additional pages. */