Re: [PATCH 04/17] nilfs2: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc()

Viacheslav Dubeyko <[email protected]> Mon, 25 May 2026 10:07:34 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-nilfs,dev.linux.lists.ocfs2-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-nfs,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 2026-05-23 at 20:54 +0300, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:
> nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy() allocates a temporary buffer with
> get_zeroed_page().
>=20
> kzalloc() is a better API for such use and it also provides better
> scalability and more debugging possibilities.
>=20
> Replace use of get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc().
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
> index e0a606643e87..b73f2c5d10f0 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(struct the_nilfs *nilf=
s,
>  	if (argv->v_index > ~(__u64)0 - argv->v_nmembs)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> =20
> -	buf =3D (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOFS);
> +	buf =3D kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
>  	if (unlikely(!buf))
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	maxmembs =3D PAGE_SIZE / argv->v_size;
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(struct the_nilfs *ni=
lfs,
>  	}
>  	argv->v_nmembs =3D total;
> =20
> -	free_pages((unsigned long)buf, 0);
> +	kfree(buf);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> =20

Makes sense to me.

Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Slava.