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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next] mm: delete oversized WARN_ON() in kvmalloc() calls
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On 2021/12/2 10:06, Bixuan Cui wrote:
> Delete the WARN_ON() and return NULL directly for oversized parameter
> in kvmalloc() calls.
> Also add unlikely().
>

The commit message should explain why we need to do this. Thanks.

> Fixes: 7661809d493b ("mm: don't allow oversized kvmalloc() calls")
> Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> There are a lot of oversize warnings and patches about kvmalloc() calls
> recently. Maybe these warnings are not very necessary.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/YadOjJXMTjP85MQx@unreal
>
> The example of size check in __do_kmalloc_node():
> __do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node, unsigned long caller)
> {
> struct kmem_cache *cachep;
> void *ret;
>
> if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE))
> return NULL;
> cachep = kmalloc_slab(size, flags);
>
> mm/util.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> index 7e433690..d26f19c 100644
> --- a/mm/util.c
> +++ b/mm/util.c
> @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> return ret;
>
> /* Don't even allow crazy sizes */
> - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(size > INT_MAX))
> + if (unlikely(size > INT_MAX))
> return NULL;
>
> return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, node,
>

Tang

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