+Paolo, I'm pretty sure he's still not subscribed to the KVM mailing list :-)
On Wed, Dec 01, 2021, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:05:15 +0800 Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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)
Paolo posted patches to resolve the KVM issues, but I don't think they ever got
applied.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211016064302.165220-1-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211015165519.135670-1-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx/
