[PATCH] fs/proc/vmcore: a few cleanups for vmcore_add_device_dump

Baoquan He bhe at redhat.com
Mon Jun 23 07:36:45 PDT 2025


On 06/23/25 at 06:47pm, Su Hui wrote:
> There are three cleanups for vmcore_add_device_dump(). Adjust data_size's
> type from 'size_t' to 'unsigned int' for the consistency of data->size.

It's unclear to me why size_t is not suggested here. Isn't it assigned
a 'sizeof() + data->size' in which size_t should be used?

The rest two looks good to me, thanks.

> Return -ENOMEM directly rather than goto the label to simplify the code.
> Using scoped_guard() to simplify the lock/unlock code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui at nfschina.com>
> ---
>  fs/proc/vmcore.c | 33 ++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> index 10d01eb09c43..9ac2863c68d8 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> @@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
>  {
>  	struct vmcoredd_node *dump;
>  	void *buf = NULL;
> -	size_t data_size;
> +	unsigned int data_size;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (vmcoredd_disabled) {
> @@ -1490,10 +1490,8 @@ int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	dump = vzalloc(sizeof(*dump));
> -	if (!dump) {
> -		ret = -ENOMEM;
> -		goto out_err;
> -	}
> +	if (!dump)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	/* Keep size of the buffer page aligned so that it can be mmaped */
>  	data_size = roundup(sizeof(struct vmcoredd_header) + data->size,
> @@ -1519,21 +1517,18 @@ int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
>  	dump->size = data_size;
>  
>  	/* Add the dump to driver sysfs list and update the elfcore hdr */
> -	mutex_lock(&vmcore_mutex);
> -	if (vmcore_opened)
> -		pr_warn_once("Unexpected adding of device dump\n");
> -	if (vmcore_open) {
> -		ret = -EBUSY;
> -		goto unlock;
> -	}
> -
> -	list_add_tail(&dump->list, &vmcoredd_list);
> -	vmcoredd_update_size(data_size);
> -	mutex_unlock(&vmcore_mutex);
> -	return 0;
> +	scoped_guard(mutex, &vmcore_mutex) {
> +		if (vmcore_opened)
> +			pr_warn_once("Unexpected adding of device dump\n");
> +		if (vmcore_open) {
> +			ret = -EBUSY;
> +			goto out_err;
> +		}
>  
> -unlock:
> -	mutex_unlock(&vmcore_mutex);
> +		list_add_tail(&dump->list, &vmcoredd_list);
> +		vmcoredd_update_size(data_size);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
>  
>  out_err:
>  	vfree(buf);
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 




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