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diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index ace2aea69f1a..18396ea63ee6 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
58} 58}
59EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup); 59EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);
60 60
61/**
62 * krealloc - reallocate memory. The contents will remain unchanged.
63 * @p: object to reallocate memory for.
64 * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required.
65 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
66 *
67 * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
68 * lesser of the new and old sizes. If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
69 * behaves exactly like kmalloc(). If @size is 0 and @p is not a
70 * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
71 */
72void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
73{
74 void *ret;
75 size_t ks;
76
77 if (unlikely(!new_size)) {
78 kfree(p);
79 return NULL;
80 }
81
82 ks = ksize(p);
83 if (ks >= new_size)
84 return (void *)p;
85
86 ret = kmalloc_track_caller(new_size, flags);
87 if (ret) {
88 memcpy(ret, p, min(new_size, ks));
89 kfree(p);
90 }
91 return ret;
92}
93EXPORT_SYMBOL(krealloc);
94
61/* 95/*
62 * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space 96 * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
63 * 97 *