Re: [PATCH v2] slab: Add POISON_POINTER_DELTA to ZERO_SIZE_PTR

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Michael Ellerman wrote:

> Currently ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR() uses a trick of doing a single check that
> x <= ZERO_SIZE_PTR, and ignoring the fact that it also matches 1-15.

Well yes that was done so we do not add too many branches all over the
kernel.....


> That no longer really works once we add the poison delta, so split it
> into two checks. Assign x to a temporary to avoid evaluating it
> twice (suggested by Kees Cook).

And now you are doing just that.

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