On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Tue 04-04-17 14:13:06, Cristopher Lameter wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > Yes, but we do not have to blow the kernel, right? Why cannot we simply > > > leak that memory? > > > > Because it is a serious bug to attempt to free a non slab object using > > slab operations. This is often the result of memory corruption, coding > > errs etc. The system needs to stop right there. > > Why when an alternative is a memory leak? Because the slab allocators fail also in case you free an object multiple times etc etc. Continuation is supported by enabling a special resiliency feature via the kernel command line. The alternative is selectable but not the default. -- 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=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
