1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index f76097c60475..d88b83eb703e 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 static struct hlist_head *pid_hash;
 static int pidhash_shift;
 struct pid init_struct_pid = INIT_STRUCT_PID;
+static struct kmem_cache *pid_ns_cachep;
 
 int pid_max = PID_MAX_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(int level)
         struct pid_namespace *ns;
         int i;
 
-        ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pid_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ns = kmem_cache_alloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (ns == NULL)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(int level)
 out_free_map:
         kfree(ns->pidmap[0].page);
 out_free:
-        kfree(ns);
+        kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
 out:
         return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 
         for (i = 0; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
                 kfree(ns->pidmap[i].page);
-        kfree(ns);
+        kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
 }
 
 struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags, struct pid_namespace *old_ns)
@@ -601,4 +602,6 @@ void __init pidmap_init(void)
         init_pid_ns.pid_cachep = create_pid_cachep(1);
         if (init_pid_ns.pid_cachep == NULL)
                 panic("Can't create pid_1 cachep\n");
+
+        pid_ns_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(pid_namespace, SLAB_PANIC);
 }