ksmbd: remove cache read/trans buffer support

As vmalloc performance improvement patch for big allocation is merged into
linux kernel, This feature is no longer not needed.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>

22 files changed, 53 insertions, 355 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifsd/Makefile b/fs/cifsd/Makefile
index 30f64b87cf61..7d6337a7dee4 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/Makefile
+++ b/fs/cifsd/Makefile
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMB_SERVER) += ksmbd.o
 
-ksmbd-y :=	unicode.o auth.o vfs.o vfs_cache.o server.o buffer_pool.o \
+ksmbd-y :=	unicode.o auth.o vfs.o vfs_cache.o server.o ndr.o \
 		misc.o oplock.o connection.o ksmbd_work.o crypto_ctx.o \
 		mgmt/ksmbd_ida.o mgmt/user_config.o mgmt/share_config.o \
 		mgmt/tree_connect.o mgmt/user_session.o smb_common.o \
 		transport_tcp.o transport_ipc.o smbacl.o smb2pdu.o \
 		smb2ops.o smb2misc.o ksmbd_spnego_negtokeninit.asn1.o \
-		ksmbd_spnego_negtokentarg.asn1.o asn1.o ndr.o
+		ksmbd_spnego_negtokentarg.asn1.o asn1.o
 
 $(obj)/asn1.o: $(obj)/ksmbd_spnego_negtokeninit.asn1.h $(obj)/ksmbd_spnego_negtokentarg.asn1.h
 
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/auth.c b/fs/cifsd/auth.c
index 1ba03a7c3201..daf31c9f0880 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/auth.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/auth.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "mgmt/user_config.h"
 #include "crypto_ctx.h"
 #include "transport_ipc.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 
 /*
  * Fixed format data defining GSS header and fixed string
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.c b/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ea7d2d1a056a..000000000000
--- a/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-/*
- *   Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- */
-
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
-#include <linux/rwlock.h>
-
-#include "glob.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
-#include "connection.h"
-#include "mgmt/ksmbd_ida.h"
-
-static struct kmem_cache *filp_cache;
-
-struct wm {
-	struct list_head	list;
-	unsigned int		sz;
-	char			buffer[0];
-};
-
-struct wm_list {
-	struct list_head	list;
-	unsigned int		sz;
-
-	spinlock_t		wm_lock;
-	int			avail_wm;
-	struct list_head	idle_wm;
-	wait_queue_head_t	wm_wait;
-};
-
-static LIST_HEAD(wm_lists);
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(wm_lists_lock);
-
-static struct wm *wm_alloc(size_t sz, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	struct wm *wm;
-	size_t alloc_sz = sz + sizeof(struct wm);
-
-	if (sz > SIZE_MAX - sizeof(struct wm))
-		return NULL;
-
-	wm = kvmalloc(alloc_sz, flags);
-	if (!wm)
-		return NULL;
-	wm->sz = sz;
-	return wm;
-}
-
-static int register_wm_size_class(size_t sz)
-{
-	struct wm_list *l, *nl;
-
-	nl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct wm_list), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!nl)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	nl->sz = sz;
-	spin_lock_init(&nl->wm_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nl->idle_wm);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nl->list);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&nl->wm_wait);
-	nl->avail_wm = 0;
-
-	write_lock(&wm_lists_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(l, &wm_lists, list) {
-		if (l->sz == sz) {
-			write_unlock(&wm_lists_lock);
-			kfree(nl);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	list_add(&nl->list, &wm_lists);
-	write_unlock(&wm_lists_lock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct wm_list *match_wm_list(size_t size)
-{
-	struct wm_list *l, *rl = NULL;
-
-	read_lock(&wm_lists_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(l, &wm_lists, list) {
-		if (l->sz == size) {
-			rl = l;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	read_unlock(&wm_lists_lock);
-	return rl;
-}
-
-static struct wm *find_wm(size_t size)
-{
-	struct wm_list *wm_list;
-	struct wm *wm;
-
-	wm_list = match_wm_list(size);
-	if (!wm_list) {
-		if (register_wm_size_class(size))
-			return NULL;
-		wm_list = match_wm_list(size);
-	}
-
-	if (!wm_list)
-		return NULL;
-
-	while (1) {
-		spin_lock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-		if (!list_empty(&wm_list->idle_wm)) {
-			wm = list_entry(wm_list->idle_wm.next,
-					struct wm,
-					list);
-			list_del(&wm->list);
-			spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-			return wm;
-		}
-
-		if (wm_list->avail_wm > num_online_cpus()) {
-			spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-			wait_event(wm_list->wm_wait,
-				   !list_empty(&wm_list->idle_wm));
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		wm_list->avail_wm++;
-		spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-
-		wm = wm_alloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!wm) {
-			spin_lock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-			wm_list->avail_wm--;
-			spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-			wait_event(wm_list->wm_wait,
-				   !list_empty(&wm_list->idle_wm));
-			continue;
-		}
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return wm;
-}
-
-static void release_wm(struct wm *wm, struct wm_list *wm_list)
-{
-	if (!wm)
-		return;
-
-	spin_lock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-	if (wm_list->avail_wm <= num_online_cpus()) {
-		list_add(&wm->list, &wm_list->idle_wm);
-		spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-		wake_up(&wm_list->wm_wait);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	wm_list->avail_wm--;
-	spin_unlock(&wm_list->wm_lock);
-	kvfree(wm);
-}
-
-static void wm_list_free(struct wm_list *l)
-{
-	struct wm *wm;
-
-	while (!list_empty(&l->idle_wm)) {
-		wm = list_entry(l->idle_wm.next, struct wm, list);
-		list_del(&wm->list);
-		kvfree(wm);
-	}
-	kfree(l);
-}
-
-static void wm_lists_destroy(void)
-{
-	struct wm_list *l;
-
-	while (!list_empty(&wm_lists)) {
-		l = list_entry(wm_lists.next, struct wm_list, list);
-		list_del(&l->list);
-		wm_list_free(l);
-	}
-}
-
-void *ksmbd_find_buffer(size_t size)
-{
-	struct wm *wm;
-
-	wm = find_wm(size);
-
-	WARN_ON(!wm);
-	if (wm)
-		return wm->buffer;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-void ksmbd_release_buffer(void *buffer)
-{
-	struct wm_list *wm_list;
-	struct wm *wm;
-
-	if (!buffer)
-		return;
-
-	wm = container_of(buffer, struct wm, buffer);
-	wm_list = match_wm_list(wm->sz);
-	WARN_ON(!wm_list);
-	if (wm_list)
-		release_wm(wm, wm_list);
-}
-
-void *ksmbd_realloc_response(void *ptr, size_t old_sz, size_t new_sz)
-{
-	size_t sz = min(old_sz, new_sz);
-	void *nptr;
-
-	nptr = kvmalloc(new_sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
-	if (!nptr)
-		return ptr;
-	memcpy(nptr, ptr, sz);
-	kvfree(ptr);
-	return nptr;
-}
-
-void ksmbd_free_file_struct(void *filp)
-{
-	kmem_cache_free(filp_cache, filp);
-}
-
-void *ksmbd_alloc_file_struct(void)
-{
-	return kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-}
-
-void ksmbd_destroy_buffer_pools(void)
-{
-	wm_lists_destroy();
-	ksmbd_work_pool_destroy();
-	kmem_cache_destroy(filp_cache);
-}
-
-int ksmbd_init_buffer_pools(void)
-{
-	if (ksmbd_work_pool_init())
-		goto out;
-
-	filp_cache = kmem_cache_create("ksmbd_file_cache",
-				       sizeof(struct ksmbd_file), 0,
-				       SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
-	if (!filp_cache)
-		goto out;
-
-	return 0;
-
-out:
-	ksmbd_err("failed to allocate memory\n");
-	ksmbd_destroy_buffer_pools();
-	return -ENOMEM;
-}
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.h b/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 088aa07ba09b..000000000000
--- a/fs/cifsd/buffer_pool.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-/*
- *   Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- */
-
-#ifndef __KSMBD_BUFFER_POOL_H__
-#define __KSMBD_BUFFER_POOL_H__
-
-void *ksmbd_find_buffer(size_t size);
-void ksmbd_release_buffer(void *buffer);
-void *ksmbd_realloc_response(void *ptr, size_t old_sz, size_t new_sz);
-void ksmbd_free_file_struct(void *filp);
-void *ksmbd_alloc_file_struct(void);
-void ksmbd_destroy_buffer_pools(void);
-int ksmbd_init_buffer_pools(void);
-
-#endif /* __KSMBD_BUFFER_POOL_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/connection.c b/fs/cifsd/connection.c
index 06c42309be72..a0d15093dd6f 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/connection.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/connection.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include "server.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "smb_common.h"
 #include "mgmt/ksmbd_ida.h"
 #include "connection.h"
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/crypto_ctx.c b/fs/cifsd/crypto_ctx.c
index cfea4c4db30f..7b727fe141a6 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/crypto_ctx.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/crypto_ctx.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "glob.h"
 #include "crypto_ctx.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 
 struct crypto_ctx_list {
 	spinlock_t		ctx_lock;
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_server.h b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_server.h
index 5ae3fe91bfb4..c2467a709144 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_server.h
+++ b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_server.h
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ struct ksmbd_heartbeat {
  */
 #define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_INVALID		(0)
 #define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_SMB2_LEASES		BIT(0)
-#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_TBUF		BIT(1)
-#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_RBUF		BIT(2)
-#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_SMB2_ENCRYPTION	BIT(3)
-#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_SMB3_MULTICHANNEL	BIT(4)
+#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_SMB2_ENCRYPTION	BIT(1)
+#define KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_SMB3_MULTICHANNEL	BIT(2)
 
 struct ksmbd_startup_request {
 	__u32	flags;
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.c b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.c
index f284a2a803d6..a88c25965012 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "server.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "ksmbd_work.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "mgmt/ksmbd_ida.h"
 
 /* @FIXME */
@@ -38,18 +37,9 @@ struct ksmbd_work *ksmbd_alloc_work_struct(void)
 void ksmbd_free_work_struct(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 {
 	WARN_ON(work->saved_cred != NULL);
-	if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_TBUF &&
-	    work->set_trans_buf)
-		ksmbd_release_buffer(work->response_buf);
-	else
-		kvfree(work->response_buf);
-
-	if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_RBUF &&
-	    work->set_read_buf)
-		ksmbd_release_buffer(work->aux_payload_buf);
-	else
-		kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
 
+	kvfree(work->response_buf);
+	kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
 	kfree(work->tr_buf);
 	kvfree(work->request_buf);
 	if (work->async_id)
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.h b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.h
index 28a1692ed37f..0e2d4f3fc49f 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.h
+++ b/fs/cifsd/ksmbd_work.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ struct ksmbd_work {
 	/* Is this SYNC or ASYNC ksmbd_work */
 	bool                            syncronous:1;
 	bool                            need_invalidate_rkey:1;
-	bool                            set_trans_buf:1;
-	bool                            set_read_buf:1;
 
 	unsigned int                    remote_key;
 	/* cancel works */
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/share_config.c b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/share_config.c
index bcc4ae4381b9..fac6034b97a9 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/share_config.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/share_config.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "share_config.h"
 #include "user_config.h"
 #include "user_session.h"
-#include "../buffer_pool.h"
 #include "../transport_ipc.h"
 
 #define SHARE_HASH_BITS		3
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/tree_connect.c b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/tree_connect.c
index 029a9e81e844..0d28e723a28c 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/tree_connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/tree_connect.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
 
-#include "../buffer_pool.h"
 #include "../transport_ipc.h"
 #include "../connection.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_config.c b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_config.c
index 7f898c5bda25..d21629ae5c89 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_config.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_config.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include "user_config.h"
-#include "../buffer_pool.h"
 #include "../transport_ipc.h"
 
 struct ksmbd_user *ksmbd_login_user(const char *account)
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_session.c b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_session.c
index c3487b1a004c..77bdf3642f72 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_session.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/mgmt/user_session.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "tree_connect.h"
 #include "../transport_ipc.h"
 #include "../connection.h"
-#include "../buffer_pool.h"
 #include "../vfs_cache.h"
 
 static DEFINE_IDA(session_ida);
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/oplock.c b/fs/cifsd/oplock.c
index 5868cdca7187..1ef2acbea2bb 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/oplock.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/oplock.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 #include "smb_common.h"
 #include "smbstatus.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "mgmt/user_session.h"
 #include "mgmt/share_config.h"
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/server.c b/fs/cifsd/server.c
index a99963b849d5..6d14daae1b07 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/server.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/server.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "server.h"
 #include "smb_common.h"
 #include "smbstatus.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "transport_ipc.h"
 #include "mgmt/user_session.h"
@@ -536,7 +535,8 @@ static int ksmbd_server_shutdown(void)
 	ksmbd_crypto_destroy();
 	ksmbd_free_global_file_table();
 	destroy_lease_table(NULL);
-	ksmbd_destroy_buffer_pools();
+	ksmbd_work_pool_destroy();
+	ksmbd_exit_file_cache();
 	server_conf_free();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -557,13 +557,17 @@ static int __init ksmbd_server_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unregister;
 
-	ret = ksmbd_init_buffer_pools();
+	ret = ksmbd_work_pool_init();
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unregister;
 
+	ret = ksmbd_init_file_cache();
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_destroy_work_pools;
+
 	ret = ksmbd_ipc_init();
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_free_session_table;
+		goto err_exit_file_cache;
 
 	ret = ksmbd_init_global_file_table();
 	if (ret)
@@ -590,8 +594,10 @@ err_destroy_file_table:
 	ksmbd_free_global_file_table();
 err_ipc_release:
 	ksmbd_ipc_release();
-err_free_session_table:
-	ksmbd_destroy_buffer_pools();
+err_exit_file_cache:
+	ksmbd_exit_file_cache();
+err_destroy_work_pools:
+	ksmbd_work_pool_destroy();
 err_unregister:
 	class_unregister(&ksmbd_control_class);
 
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
index 12c954dac51a..345c4c75da9a 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "auth.h"
 #include "asn1.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "transport_ipc.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
@@ -538,10 +537,8 @@ int smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	size_t sz = small_sz;
 	int cmd = le16_to_cpu(hdr->Command);
 
-	if (cmd == SMB2_IOCTL_HE || cmd == SMB2_QUERY_DIRECTORY_HE) {
+	if (cmd == SMB2_IOCTL_HE || cmd == SMB2_QUERY_DIRECTORY_HE)
 		sz = large_sz;
-		work->set_trans_buf = true;
-	}
 
 	if (cmd == SMB2_QUERY_INFO_HE) {
 		struct smb2_query_info_req *req;
@@ -549,22 +546,15 @@ int smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 		req = work->request_buf;
 		if (req->InfoType == SMB2_O_INFO_FILE &&
 		    (req->FileInfoClass == FILE_FULL_EA_INFORMATION ||
-		     req->FileInfoClass == FILE_ALL_INFORMATION)) {
+		     req->FileInfoClass == FILE_ALL_INFORMATION))
 			sz = large_sz;
-			work->set_trans_buf = true;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* allocate large response buf for chained commands */
 	if (le32_to_cpu(hdr->NextCommand) > 0)
 		sz = large_sz;
 
-	if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_TBUF &&
-	    work->set_trans_buf)
-		work->response_buf = ksmbd_find_buffer(sz);
-	else
-		work->response_buf = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
-
+	work->response_buf = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!work->response_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -5950,13 +5940,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	ksmbd_debug(SMB, "filename %s, offset %lld, len %zu\n", FP_FILENAME(fp),
 		    offset, length);
 
-	if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_RBUF) {
-		work->aux_payload_buf =
-			ksmbd_find_buffer(conn->vals->max_read_size);
-		work->set_read_buf = true;
-	} else {
-		work->aux_payload_buf = kvmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
-	}
+	work->aux_payload_buf = kvmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!work->aux_payload_buf) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -5969,10 +5953,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	}
 
 	if ((nbytes == 0 && length != 0) || nbytes < mincount) {
-		if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_RBUF)
-			ksmbd_release_buffer(work->aux_payload_buf);
-		else
-			kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
+		kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
 		work->aux_payload_buf = NULL;
 		rsp->hdr.Status = STATUS_END_OF_FILE;
 		smb2_set_err_rsp(work);
@@ -5989,10 +5970,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 		remain_bytes = smb2_read_rdma_channel(work, req,
 						      work->aux_payload_buf,
 						      nbytes);
-		if (server_conf.flags & KSMBD_GLOBAL_FLAG_CACHE_RBUF)
-			ksmbd_release_buffer(work->aux_payload_buf);
-		else
-			kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
+		kvfree(work->aux_payload_buf);
 		work->aux_payload_buf = NULL;
 
 		nbytes = 0;
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/transport_ipc.c b/fs/cifsd/transport_ipc.c
index b09df832431f..2bcc1cad6037 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/transport_ipc.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/transport_ipc.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include "vfs_cache.h"
 #include "transport_ipc.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "smb_common.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/transport_rdma.c b/fs/cifsd/transport_rdma.c
index efaa9776841f..52237f023b66 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/transport_rdma.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/transport_rdma.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "smb_common.h"
 #include "smbstatus.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "transport_rdma.h"
 
 #define SMB_DIRECT_PORT	5445
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/transport_tcp.c b/fs/cifsd/transport_tcp.c
index d6d5c0038dea..16702b7874f4 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/transport_tcp.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/transport_tcp.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "smb_common.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "auth.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "transport_tcp.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/vfs.c b/fs/cifsd/vfs.c
index 9111b485d611..fb31c1ccb1bd 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/vfs.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "glob.h"
 #include "oplock.h"
 #include "connection.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
 #include "vfs_cache.h"
 #include "smbacl.h"
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.c b/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.c
index 6ea09fe82814..dcac1f0a29e4 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include "glob.h"
 #include "vfs_cache.h"
-#include "buffer_pool.h"
 #include "oplock.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
 #include "connection.h"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(inode_hash_lock);
 
 static struct ksmbd_file_table global_ft;
 static atomic_long_t fd_limit;
+static struct kmem_cache *filp_cache;
 
 void ksmbd_set_fd_limit(unsigned long limit)
 {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void __ksmbd_close_fd(struct ksmbd_file_table *ft, struct ksmbd_file *fp)
 	kfree(fp->filename);
 	if (ksmbd_stream_fd(fp))
 		kfree(fp->stream.name);
-	ksmbd_free_file_struct(fp);
+	kmem_cache_free(filp_cache, fp);
 }
 
 static struct ksmbd_file *ksmbd_fp_get(struct ksmbd_file *fp)
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ unsigned int ksmbd_open_durable_fd(struct ksmbd_file *fp)
 
 struct ksmbd_file *ksmbd_open_fd(struct ksmbd_work *work, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct ksmbd_file	*fp;
+	struct ksmbd_file *fp;
 	int ret;
 
-	fp = ksmbd_alloc_file_struct();
+	fp = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fp) {
 		ksmbd_err("Failed to allocate memory\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -561,14 +561,14 @@ struct ksmbd_file *ksmbd_open_fd(struct ksmbd_work *work, struct file *filp)
 	fp->f_ci		= ksmbd_inode_get(fp);
 
 	if (!fp->f_ci) {
-		ksmbd_free_file_struct(fp);
+		kmem_cache_free(filp_cache, fp);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	ret = __open_id(&work->sess->file_table, fp, OPEN_ID_TYPE_VOLATILE_ID);
 	if (ret) {
 		ksmbd_inode_put(fp->f_ci);
-		ksmbd_free_file_struct(fp);
+		kmem_cache_free(filp_cache, fp);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void ksmbd_free_global_file_table(void)
 
 	idr_for_each_entry(global_ft.idr, fp, id) {
 		__ksmbd_remove_durable_fd(fp);
-		ksmbd_free_file_struct(fp);
+		kmem_cache_free(filp_cache, fp);
 	}
 
 	ksmbd_destroy_file_table(&global_ft);
@@ -683,3 +683,23 @@ void ksmbd_destroy_file_table(struct ksmbd_file_table *ft)
 	kfree(ft->idr);
 	ft->idr = NULL;
 }
+
+int ksmbd_init_file_cache(void)
+{
+	filp_cache = kmem_cache_create("ksmbd_file_cache",
+				       sizeof(struct ksmbd_file), 0,
+				       SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	if (!filp_cache)
+		goto out;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	ksmbd_err("failed to allocate file cache\n");
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void ksmbd_exit_file_cache(void)
+{
+	kmem_cache_destroy(filp_cache);
+}
diff --git a/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.h b/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.h
index 635eedbd497c..745855367106 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.h
+++ b/fs/cifsd/vfs_cache.h
@@ -182,4 +182,6 @@ void ksmbd_set_inode_pending_delete(struct ksmbd_file *fp);
 void ksmbd_clear_inode_pending_delete(struct ksmbd_file *fp);
 void ksmbd_fd_set_delete_on_close(struct ksmbd_file *fp,
 				  int file_info);
+int ksmbd_init_file_cache(void);
+void ksmbd_exit_file_cache(void);
 #endif /* __VFS_CACHE_H__ */