1 files changed, 34 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index d8d02210e06c..9341ca77bd88 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -70,25 +70,22 @@ void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);
 
 /**
- * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
+ * __krealloc - like krealloc() but don't free @p.
  * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
  * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
  * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
  *
- * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
- * lesser of the new and old sizes.  If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
- * behaves exactly like kmalloc().  If @size is 0 and @p is not a
- * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
+ * This function is like krealloc() except it never frees the originally
+ * allocated buffer. Use this if you don't want to free the buffer immediately
+ * like, for example, with RCU.
  */
-void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
+void *__krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	void *ret;
 	size_t ks = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
-		kfree(p);
+	if (unlikely(!new_size))
 		return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
-	}
 
 	if (p)
 		ks = ksize(p);
@@ -97,10 +94,37 @@ void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
 		return (void *)p;
 
 	ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags);
-	if (ret && p) {
+	if (ret && p)
 		memcpy(ret, p, ks);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__krealloc);
+
+/**
+ * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
+ * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
+ * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
+ * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
+ *
+ * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
+ * lesser of the new and old sizes.  If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
+ * behaves exactly like kmalloc().  If @size is 0 and @p is not a
+ * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
+ */
+void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	void *ret;
+
+	if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
 		kfree(p);
+		return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
 	}
+
+	ret = __krealloc(p, new_size, flags);
+	if (ret && p != ret)
+		kfree(p);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);