[PATCH 03/17] ocfs2/dlm: replace __get_free_page() with kmalloc()

From: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)

Date: Sat May 23 2026 - 13:57:36 EST


A few places in ocsfs2 allocate temporary buffers with __get_free_page() or
get_zeroed_page().

kmalloc() is a better API for such use and it also provides better
scalability and more debugging possibilities.

Replace use of __get_free_page() and get_zeroed_page() with kmalloc() and
kzalloc() respectively.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c | 24 +++++++++---------------
fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c | 8 +++++---
fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c | 5 ++---
fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
index fe4fdd09bae3..6ca8b3b68eef 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ void dlm_print_one_mle(struct dlm_master_list_entry *mle)
{
char *buf;

- buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (buf) {
dump_mle(mle, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
- free_page((unsigned long)buf);
+ kfree(buf);
}
}

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static struct dentry *dlm_debugfs_root;
/* begin - utils funcs */
static int debug_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- free_page((unsigned long)file->private_data);
+ kfree(file->private_data);
return 0;
}

@@ -327,17 +327,15 @@ static int debug_purgelist_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = inode->i_private;
char *buf = NULL;

- buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOFS);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
if (!buf)
- goto bail;
+ return -ENOMEM;

i_size_write(inode, debug_purgelist_print(dlm, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1));

file->private_data = buf;

return 0;
-bail:
- return -ENOMEM;
}

static const struct file_operations debug_purgelist_fops = {
@@ -384,17 +382,15 @@ static int debug_mle_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = inode->i_private;
char *buf = NULL;

- buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOFS);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
if (!buf)
- goto bail;
+ return -ENOMEM;

i_size_write(inode, debug_mle_print(dlm, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1));

file->private_data = buf;

return 0;
-bail:
- return -ENOMEM;
}

static const struct file_operations debug_mle_fops = {
@@ -775,17 +771,15 @@ static int debug_state_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = inode->i_private;
char *buf = NULL;

- buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOFS);
+ buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
if (!buf)
- goto bail;
+ return -ENOMEM;

i_size_write(inode, debug_state_print(dlm, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1));

file->private_data = buf;

return 0;
-bail:
- return -ENOMEM;
}

static const struct file_operations debug_state_fops = {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index dc9da9133c8e..97bb9400e24b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline void byte_copymap(u8 dmap[], unsigned long smap[],
static void dlm_free_pagevec(void **vec, int pages)
{
while (pages--)
- free_page((unsigned long)vec[pages]);
+ kfree(vec[pages]);
kfree(vec);
}

@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ static void **dlm_alloc_pagevec(int pages)
if (!vec)
return NULL;

- for (i = 0; i < pages; i++)
- if (!(vec[i] = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)))
+ for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
+ vec[i] = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!vec[i])
goto out_free;
+ }

mlog(0, "Allocated DLM hash pagevec; %d pages (%lu expected), %lu buckets per page\n",
pages, (unsigned long)DLM_HASH_PAGES,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 93eff38fdadd..aee3b4c56dcc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ static int dlm_migrate_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,

/* preallocate up front. if this fails, abort */
ret = -ENOMEM;
- mres = (struct dlm_migratable_lockres *) __get_free_page(GFP_NOFS);
+ mres = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
if (!mres) {
mlog_errno(ret);
goto leave;
@@ -2725,8 +2725,7 @@ static int dlm_migrate_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
if (wake)
wake_up(&res->wq);

- if (mres)
- free_page((unsigned long)mres);
+ kfree(mres);

dlm_put(dlm);

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 128872bd945d..9b97bf73df22 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ int dlm_request_all_locks_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
}

/* this will get freed by dlm_request_all_locks_worker */
- buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_NOFS);
+ buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
if (!buf) {
kfree(item);
dlm_put(dlm);
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static void dlm_request_all_locks_worker(struct dlm_work_item *item, void *data)
}
}
leave:
- free_page((unsigned long)data);
+ kfree(data);
}



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