[cocci] [PATCH] coccinelle: kmalloc_obj: Remove default GFP_KERNEL arg

Kees Cook <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:51:18 -0700
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Remove any GFP_KERNEL arguments found in the new kmalloc_obj-family
helpers. This captures the script used in commit 189f164e573e ("Convert
remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses").

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
---
Cc: Julia Lawall <[email protected]>
Cc: Nicolas Palix <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
---
 scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci
index db12b7be7247..e9a415b7b6f4 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci
@@ -122,3 +122,14 @@ fresh identifier ALLOC_OBJS = script:python(ALLOC_ARRAY) { alloc_array(ALLOC_ARR
 -	ALLOC(struct_size_t(TYPE, FLEX, COUNT), GFP)
 +	ALLOC_FLEX(TYPE, FLEX, COUNT, GFP)
 )
+
+@drop_gfp_kernel depends on patch && !(file in "tools") && !(file in "samples")@
+identifier ALLOC = {kmalloc_obj,kmalloc_objs,kmalloc_flex,
+		    kzalloc_obj,kzalloc_objs,kzalloc_flex,
+		    kvmalloc_obj,kvmalloc_objs,kvmalloc_flex,
+		    kvzalloc_obj,kvzalloc_objs,kvzalloc_flex};
+@@
+
+	ALLOC(...
+-		 , GFP_KERNEL
+	     )
-- 
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