On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 03:02:19PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> >> +
> >> /* Add alloc meta. */
> >> cache->kasan_info.alloc_meta_offset = *size;
> >> *size += sizeof(struct kasan_alloc_meta);
> >> @@ -392,17 +385,36 @@ void kasan_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *cache, size_t *size,
> >> cache->object_size < sizeof(struct kasan_free_meta)) {
> >> cache->kasan_info.free_meta_offset = *size;
> >> *size += sizeof(struct kasan_free_meta);
> >> + } else {
> >> + cache->kasan_info.free_meta_offset = 0;
> >> }
> >> redzone_adjust = optimal_redzone(cache->object_size) -
> >> (*size - cache->object_size);
> >> +
> >> if (redzone_adjust > 0)
> >> *size += redzone_adjust;
> >> - *size = min(KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE,
> >> +
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB
> >> + *size = min(KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE,
> >> max(*size,
> >> cache->object_size +
> >> optimal_redzone(cache->object_size)));
> >> -}
> >> + /*
> >> + * If the metadata doesn't fit, don't enable KASAN at all.
> >> + */
> >> + if (*size <= cache->kasan_info.alloc_meta_offset ||
> >> + *size <= cache->kasan_info.free_meta_offset) {
> >> + *size = orig_size;
> >> + return;
> >> + }
> >> +#else
> >> + *size = max(*size,
> >> + cache->object_size +
> >> + optimal_redzone(cache->object_size));
> >> +
> >> #endif
> >
> > Hmm... could you explain why SLAB needs min(KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE, XX) but
> > not SLUB?
>
> Because if the size is bigger than KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE then
> __kmem_cache_create() returns -E2BIG for SLAB. This happens right at
> startup in create_boot_cache().
> As far as I understand, SLUB doesn't have the upper limit (or is it
> that we just aren't hitting it?)
Perhaps, SLUB also has the upper limit although it wasn't triggered
easily since there is no such kmem_cache. Unlikely, SLAB has a such
sized kmem_cache in default (kmalloc-XXXXX). I haven't look at
calculate_order() in detail but it would give you some insight.
Thanks.
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