Since the commit db265eca7700 ("mm/sl[aou]b: Move duping of slab name to
slab_common.c"), the kernel always duplicates the slab cache name when
creating a slab cache, so the test if the slab name is accessible is
useless.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slab_common.c | 19 -------------------
1 file changed, 19 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab_common.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab_common.c 2018-03-21 12:43:19.418416000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slab_common.c 2018-03-21 12:51:32.619999000 +0100
@@ -83,31 +83,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, size_t size)
{
- struct kmem_cache *s = NULL;
-
if (!name || in_interrupt() || size < sizeof(void *) ||
size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
pr_err("kmem_cache_create(%s) integrity check failed\n", name);
return -EINVAL;
}
- list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
- char tmp;
- int res;
-
- /*
- * This happens when the module gets unloaded and doesn't
- * destroy its slab cache and no-one else reuses the vmalloc
- * area of the module. Print a warning.
- */
- res = probe_kernel_address(s->name, tmp);
- if (res) {
- pr_err("Slab cache with size %d has lost its name\n",
- s->object_size);
- continue;
- }
- }
-
WARN_ON(strchr(name, ' ')); /* It confuses parsers */
return 0;
}
