From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] s390/sclp_ctl: Replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2026 10:58:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261108-s390-sclp-ready-v1-4-3e7c90eb6676@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261108-s390-sclp-ready-v1-0-3e7c90eb6676@kernel.org>
sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb() allocates the SCCB that carries a user supplied
SCLP command.
This buffer can be allocated with kmalloc() as there's nothing special
about it to go directly to the page allocator.
kmalloc() provides a better API that does not require ugly casts and
kfree() does not need to know the size of the freed object.
Performance difference between kmalloc() and __get_free_pages() is not
measurable as both allocators take an object/page from a per-CPU list for
fast path allocations.
For the slow path the performance is anyway determined by the amount of
reclaim involved rather than by what allocator is used.
Replace use of get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() and free_page() with
kfree().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c
index e23a97359286b..84aefff3be98f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ static int sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb(void __user *user_area)
return -EFAULT;
if (!sclp_ctl_cmdw_supported(ctl_sccb.cmdw))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- sccb = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+ sccb = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sccb)
return -ENOMEM;
copied = PAGE_SIZE -
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ static int sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb(void __user *user_area)
if (copy_to_user(u64_to_uptr(ctl_sccb.sccb), sccb, sccb->length))
rc = -EFAULT;
out_free:
- free_page((unsigned long) sccb);
+ kfree(sccb);
return rc;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-08 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-08 8:58 [PATCH 00/14] s390/sclp: replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 01/14] s390/sclp_vt220: Replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 02/14] s390/sclp_config: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 03/14] s390/sclp_pci: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 05/14] s390/sclp_con: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 06/14] s390/sclp_tty: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 07/14] s390/sclp: Replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 08/14] s390/sclp_sdias: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 09/14] s390/sclp_sd: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 10/14] s390/sclp_cmd: Replace page allocator calls with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 11/14] s390/sclp_cpi: Replace get_zeroed_page() " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 12/14] s390/sclp_ftp: " Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 13/14] s390/sclp_mem: Replace page allocator calls with k[mz]alloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-11-08 8:58 ` [PATCH 14/14] s390/sclp_ap: Replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
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