--- a/mm/slab.c~mm-slab-make-kmalloc_info-contain-all-types-of-names
+++ a/mm/slab.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	 * structures first.  Without this, further allocations will bug.
 	 */
 	kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_NORMAL][INDEX_NODE] = create_kmalloc_cache(
-				kmalloc_info[INDEX_NODE].name,
+				kmalloc_info[INDEX_NODE].name[KMALLOC_NORMAL],
 				kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE), ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS,
 				0, kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE));
 	slab_state = PARTIAL_NODE;
--- a/mm/slab_common.c~mm-slab-make-kmalloc_info-contain-all-types-of-names
+++ a/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1139,26 +1139,56 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t s
 	return kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index];
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
+#define INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(__size, __short_size)			\
+{								\
+	.name[KMALLOC_NORMAL]  = "kmalloc-" #__short_size,	\
+	.name[KMALLOC_RECLAIM] = "kmalloc-rcl-" #__short_size,	\
+	.name[KMALLOC_DMA]     = "dma-kmalloc-" #__short_size,	\
+	.size = __size,						\
+}
+#else
+#define INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(__size, __short_size)			\
+{								\
+	.name[KMALLOC_NORMAL]  = "kmalloc-" #__short_size,	\
+	.name[KMALLOC_RECLAIM] = "kmalloc-rcl-" #__short_size,	\
+	.size = __size,						\
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * kmalloc_info[] is to make slub_debug=,kmalloc-xx option work at boot time.
  * kmalloc_index() supports up to 2^26=64MB, so the final entry of the table is
  * kmalloc-67108864.
  */
 const struct kmalloc_info_struct kmalloc_info[] __initconst = {
-	{NULL,                      0},		{"kmalloc-96",             96},
-	{"kmalloc-192",           192},		{"kmalloc-8",               8},
-	{"kmalloc-16",             16},		{"kmalloc-32",             32},
-	{"kmalloc-64",             64},		{"kmalloc-128",           128},
-	{"kmalloc-256",           256},		{"kmalloc-512",           512},
-	{"kmalloc-1k",           1024},		{"kmalloc-2k",           2048},
-	{"kmalloc-4k",           4096},		{"kmalloc-8k",           8192},
-	{"kmalloc-16k",         16384},		{"kmalloc-32k",         32768},
-	{"kmalloc-64k",         65536},		{"kmalloc-128k",       131072},
-	{"kmalloc-256k",       262144},		{"kmalloc-512k",       524288},
-	{"kmalloc-1M",        1048576},		{"kmalloc-2M",        2097152},
-	{"kmalloc-4M",        4194304},		{"kmalloc-8M",        8388608},
-	{"kmalloc-16M",      16777216},		{"kmalloc-32M",      33554432},
-	{"kmalloc-64M",      67108864}
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(0, 0),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(96, 96),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(192, 192),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(8, 8),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(16, 16),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(32, 32),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(64, 64),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(128, 128),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(256, 256),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(512, 512),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(1024, 1k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(2048, 2k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(4096, 4k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(8192, 8k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(16384, 16k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(32768, 32k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(65536, 64k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(131072, 128k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(262144, 256k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(524288, 512k),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(1048576, 1M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(2097152, 2M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(4194304, 4M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(8388608, 8M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(16777216, 16M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(33554432, 32M),
+	INIT_KMALLOC_INFO(67108864, 64M)
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1208,36 +1238,14 @@ void __init setup_kmalloc_cache_index_ta
 	}
 }
 
-static const char *
-kmalloc_cache_name(const char *prefix, unsigned int size)
-{
-
-	static const char units[3] = "\0kM";
-	int idx = 0;
-
-	while (size >= 1024 && (size % 1024 == 0)) {
-		size /= 1024;
-		idx++;
-	}
-
-	return kasprintf(GFP_NOWAIT, "%s-%u%c", prefix, size, units[idx]);
-}
-
 static void __init
 new_kmalloc_cache(int idx, int type, slab_flags_t flags)
 {
-	const char *name;
-
-	if (type == KMALLOC_RECLAIM) {
+	if (type == KMALLOC_RECLAIM)
 		flags |= SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT;
-		name = kmalloc_cache_name("kmalloc-rcl",
-						kmalloc_info[idx].size);
-		BUG_ON(!name);
-	} else {
-		name = kmalloc_info[idx].name;
-	}
 
-	kmalloc_caches[type][idx] = create_kmalloc_cache(name,
+	kmalloc_caches[type][idx] = create_kmalloc_cache(
+					kmalloc_info[idx].name[type],
 					kmalloc_info[idx].size, flags, 0,
 					kmalloc_info[idx].size);
 }
@@ -1279,11 +1287,10 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(slab_f
 
 		if (s) {
 			unsigned int size = kmalloc_size(i);
-			const char *n = kmalloc_cache_name("dma-kmalloc", size);
 
-			BUG_ON(!n);
 			kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_DMA][i] = create_kmalloc_cache(
-				n, size, SLAB_CACHE_DMA | flags, 0, 0);
+				kmalloc_info[i].name[KMALLOC_DMA],
+				size, SLAB_CACHE_DMA | flags, 0, 0);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
--- a/mm/slab.h~mm-slab-make-kmalloc_info-contain-all-types-of-names
+++ a/mm/slab.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
 
 /* A table of kmalloc cache names and sizes */
 extern const struct kmalloc_info_struct {
-	const char *name;
+	const char *name[NR_KMALLOC_TYPES];
 	unsigned int size;
 } kmalloc_info[];
 
