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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf/core: don't WARN for impossible rb sizes
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:42:38AM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > index 4a9937076331..309ef5a64af5 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > @@ -734,6 +734,9 @@ struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
> > size = sizeof(struct ring_buffer);
> > size += nr_pages * sizeof(void *);
> > + if (order_base_2(size) >= MAX_ORDER)
> > + goto fail;
> > +
> > rb = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);

Yes, Boris also send the entire morning bisecting this.

The problem is that @size is in bytes and MAX_ORDER is in pages.

That should be:

if (order_base_2(size) >= PAGE_SHIFT+MAX_ORDER)


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