Re: [git pull] device mapper changes for 6.1

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On Tue, Oct 18 2022 at  2:17P -0400,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 12:20:50PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > 
> > - Enhance DM ioctl interface to allow returning an error string to
> >   userspace. Depends on exporting is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() to allow
> >   DM core to conditionally free memory allocated with kasprintf().
> 
> That really does not sound like a good idea at all.  And it does not
> seem to have any MM or core maintainer signoffs.

Sorry, I should've solicited proper review more loudly.

But if you have a specific concern with how DM is looking to use
is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() please say what that is.

Mike




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