Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:49:14 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/6] mm/slab: Perform init_on_free earlier |
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On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 22:50:27 +0300 Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> wrote:
> On 30.09.2020 15:50, Alexander Potapenko wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 8:35 PM Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> wrote: > >> > >> Currently in CONFIG_SLAB init_on_free happens too late, and heap > >> objects go to the heap quarantine being dirty. Lets move memory > >> clearing before calling kasan_slab_free() to fix that. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> > > Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> > > Hello! > > Can this particular patch be considered for the mainline kernel?
All patches are considered ;) And merged if they're reviewed, tested, judged useful, etc.
If you think this particular patch should be fast-tracked then please send it as a non-RFC, standalone patch. Please also enhance the changelog so that it actually explains what goes wrong. Presumably "objects go to the heap quarantine being dirty" causes some user-visible problem? What is that problem?
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