1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 566c1e193ee1..2ac489ef56e4 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -518,6 +518,19 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shm_vm_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+static struct shmid_kernel *shm_alloc(void)
+{
+        struct shmid_kernel *shp;
+
+        shp = kvmalloc(sizeof(*shp), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (unlikely(!shp))
+                return NULL;
+
+        atomic_set(&shp->shm_perm.refcount, 1);
+
+        return shp;
+}
+
 /**
  * newseg - Create a new shared memory segment
  * @ns: namespace
@@ -548,10 +561,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
                         ns->shm_tot + numpages > ns->shm_ctlall)
                 return -ENOSPC;
 
-        BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct shmid_kernel, shm_perm) != 0);
-
-        shp = container_of(ipc_rcu_alloc(sizeof(*shp)), struct shmid_kernel,
-                                shm_perm);
+        shp = shm_alloc();
         if (!shp)
                 return -ENOMEM;