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-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index bc949e3428c9..3098e0cf2899 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3581,6 +3581,13 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
*/
s->offset = size;
size += sizeof(void *);
+ } else if (size > sizeof(void *)) {
+ /*
+ * Store freelist pointer near middle of object to keep
+ * it away from the edges of the object to avoid small
+ * sized over/underflows from neighboring allocations.
+ */
+ s->offset = ALIGN(size / 2, sizeof(void *));
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG