3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
index cf52af77d15e..e41ca1d58484 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack.h
+++ b/security/smack/smack.h
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ extern struct list_head smack_onlycap_list;
 
 #define SMACK_HASH_SLOTS 16
 extern struct hlist_head smack_known_hash[SMACK_HASH_SLOTS];
+extern struct kmem_cache *smack_rule_cache;
 
 static inline struct task_smack *smack_cred(const struct cred *cred)
 {
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 5c1613519d5a..bd45c9139d34 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(smack_ipv6_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(smk_ipv6_port_list);
 #endif
 static struct kmem_cache *smack_inode_cache;
+struct kmem_cache *smack_rule_cache;
 int smack_enabled;
 
 #define A(s) {"smack"#s, sizeof("smack"#s) - 1, Opt_##s}
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ static int smk_copy_rules(struct list_head *nhead, struct list_head *ohead,
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(orp, ohead, list) {
-		nrp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smack_rule), gfp);
+		nrp = kmem_cache_zalloc(smack_rule_cache, gfp);
 		if (nrp == NULL) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
@@ -1931,7 +1932,7 @@ static void smack_cred_free(struct cred *cred)
 	list_for_each_safe(l, n, &tsp->smk_rules) {
 		rp = list_entry(l, struct smack_rule, list);
 		list_del(&rp->list);
-		kfree(rp);
+		kmem_cache_free(smack_rule_cache, rp);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4758,6 +4759,12 @@ static __init int smack_init(void)
 	if (!smack_inode_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	smack_rule_cache = KMEM_CACHE(smack_rule, 0);
+	if (!smack_rule_cache) {
+		kmem_cache_destroy(smack_inode_cache);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Set the security state for the initial task.
 	 */
diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index 8406738b45f2..47f73a0dabb1 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int smk_set_access(struct smack_parsed_rule *srp,
 	}
 
 	if (found == 0) {
-		sp = kzalloc(sizeof(*sp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		sp = kmem_cache_zalloc(smack_rule_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (sp == NULL) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;