On 2021-12-01, at 20:29:05 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:05:15 +0800 Bixuan Cui wrote: > > 在 2021/12/2 上午11:26, Andrew Morton 写道: > > >> Delete the WARN_ON() and return NULL directly for oversized > > >> parameter in kvmalloc() calls. > > >> Also add unlikely(). > > >> > > >> Fixes: 7661809d493b ("mm: don't allow oversized kvmalloc() calls") > > >> Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui<cuibixuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> --- > > >> There are a lot of oversize warnings and patches about kvmalloc() > > >> calls recently. Maybe these warnings are not very necessary. > > > > > > Or maybe they are. Please let's take a look at these warnings, > > > one at a time. If a large number of them are bogus then sure, > > > let's disable the runtime test. But perhaps it's the case that > > > calling code has genuine issues and should be repaired. > > > > Such as: > > Thanks, that's helpful. > > Let's bring all these to the attention of the relevant developers. > > If the consensus is "the code's fine, the warning is bogus" then let's > consider retiring the warning. > > If the consensus is otherwise then hopefully they will fix their stuff! > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=24452f89446639c901ac07379ccc702808471e8e > > (cc bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f7c5a86e747f9b7ce333e7295875cd4ede2c7a0d > > (cc netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, maintainers) > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=8f306f3db150657a1f6bbe1927467084531602c7 > > (cc kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6f30adb592d476978777a1125d1f680edfc23e00 > > (cc netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) The netfilter bug has since been fixed: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?id=7bbc3d385bd813077acaf0e6fdb2a86a901f5382 > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4c9ab8c7d0f8b551950db06559dc9cde4119ac83 > > (bpf again). J.
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