Turns out I've actually overintellectualized this test. I've reworked this patch so that kmalloc_pagealloc_oob_right() allocates a big chunk of memory from the page allocator (and therefore is enabled only under CONFIG_SLUB). kmalloc_large_oob_right() now allocates KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE - 256 in both SLAB and SLUB modes. I'll send the updated patch set later today. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The intention was to detect the situation in which a new allocator > appears for which we don't know how it behaves if we allocate more > than KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE. > I agree this makes little sense and we can just stick to > CONFIG_SLAB/CONFIG_SLUB cases. > > However I think it's better to keep 'size = KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE + > something' to keep this code working in the case the value of > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE changes. > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> On 02/02/2016 08:34 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:25:06 +0100 Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> depending on which allocator (SLAB or SLUB) is being used >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> --- a/lib/test_kasan.c >>>> +++ b/lib/test_kasan.c >>>> @@ -68,7 +68,22 @@ static noinline void __init kmalloc_node_oob_right(void) >>>> static noinline void __init kmalloc_large_oob_right(void) >>>> { >>>> char *ptr; >>>> - size_t size = KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE + 10; >>>> + size_t size; >>>> + >>>> + if (KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE == KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) { >>>> + /* >>>> + * We're using the SLAB allocator. Allocate a chunk that fits >>>> + * into a slab. >>>> + */ >>>> + size = KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE - 256; >>>> + } else { >>>> + /* >>>> + * KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE. >>>> + * We're using the SLUB allocator. Allocate a chunk that does >>>> + * not fit into a slab to trigger the page allocator. >>>> + */ >>>> + size = KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE + 10; >>>> + } >>> >>> This seems a weird way of working out whether we're using SLAB or SLUB. >>> >>> Can't we use, umm, #ifdef CONFIG_SLAB? If not that then let's cook up >>> something standardized rather than a weird just-happens-to-work like >>> this. >>> >> >> Actually it would be simpler to not use KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE at all. >> Simply replace it with 2 or 3 PAGE_SIZEs. > > > > -- > Alexander Potapenko > Software Engineer > > Google Germany GmbH > Erika-Mann-Straße, 33 > 80636 München > > Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle > Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg > Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind, > leiten Sie diese bitte nicht weiter, informieren Sie den > Absender und löschen Sie die E-Mail und alle Anhänge. Vielen Dank. > This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the right addressee please > do not forward it, please inform the sender, and please erase this > e-mail including any attachments. Thanks. -- Alexander Potapenko Software Engineer Google Germany GmbH Erika-Mann-Straße, 33 80636 München Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind, leiten Sie diese bitte nicht weiter, informieren Sie den Absender und löschen Sie die E-Mail und alle Anhänge. Vielen Dank. This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the right addressee please do not forward it, please inform the sender, and please erase this e-mail including any attachments. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href