Re: [Bug 200651] New: cgroups iptables-restor: vmalloc: allocation failure

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On Tue 07-08-18 13:19:26, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I can't reproduce it anymore.
> > > If i understand correctly this way memory allocated will be
> > > accounted to kmem of this cgroup (if inside cgroup).
> > 
> > s@this@caller's@
> > 
> > Florian, is this patch acceptable
> 
> I am no mm expert.  Should all longlived GFP_KERNEL allocations set ACCOUNT?

No. We should focus only on those that are under direct userspace
control and it can be triggered by an untrusted user.

> If so, there are more places that should get same treatment.
> The change looks fine to me, but again, I don't know when ACCOUNT should
> be set in the first place.

see above.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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