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-rw-r--r--ipc/sem.c8
-rw-r--r--ipc/util.c25
-rw-r--r--ipc/util.h6
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index bdff6d93d2c7..484ccf83cf85 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,8 @@ static int semctl_main(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int semid, int semnum,
}
sem_unlock(sma, -1);
rcu_read_unlock();
- sem_io = ipc_alloc(sizeof(ushort)*nsems);
+ sem_io = kvmalloc_array(nsems, sizeof(ushort),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (sem_io == NULL) {
ipc_rcu_putref(&sma->sem_perm, sem_rcu_free);
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1402,7 +1403,8 @@ static int semctl_main(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int semid, int semnum,
rcu_read_unlock();
if (nsems > SEMMSL_FAST) {
- sem_io = ipc_alloc(sizeof(ushort)*nsems);
+ sem_io = kvmalloc_array(nsems, sizeof(ushort),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (sem_io == NULL) {
ipc_rcu_putref(&sma->sem_perm, sem_rcu_free);
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1480,7 +1482,7 @@ out_rcu_wakeup:
wake_up_q(&wake_q);
out_free:
if (sem_io != fast_sem_io)
- ipc_free(sem_io);
+ kvfree(sem_io);
return err;
}
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 5d1ff1035efe..dd73feb1569a 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -395,29 +395,6 @@ void ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids *ids, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
}
/**
- * ipc_alloc - allocate ipc space
- * @size: size desired
- *
- * Allocate memory from the appropriate pools and return a pointer to it.
- * NULL is returned if the allocation fails
- */
-void *ipc_alloc(int size)
-{
- return kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-}
-
-/**
- * ipc_free - free ipc space
- * @ptr: pointer returned by ipc_alloc
- *
- * Free a block created with ipc_alloc().
- */
-void ipc_free(void *ptr)
-{
- kvfree(ptr);
-}
-
-/**
* ipc_rcu_alloc - allocate ipc space
* @size: size desired
*
@@ -429,7 +406,7 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_rcu_alloc(int size)
/*
* We prepend the allocation with the rcu struct
*/
- struct kern_ipc_perm *out = ipc_alloc(size);
+ struct kern_ipc_perm *out = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!out))
return NULL;
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index 09d0f918c3e2..2578fd9be835 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ void ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids *, struct kern_ipc_perm *);
/* must be called with ipcp locked */
int ipcperms(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, short flg);
-/* for rare, potentially huge allocations.
- * both function can sleep
- */
-void *ipc_alloc(int size);
-void ipc_free(void *ptr);
-
/*
* For allocation that need to be freed by RCU.
* Objects are reference counted, they start with reference count 1.