On Fri, 6 May 2011, Maxin John wrote: > In slub_def.h file, the kmalloc_index() may return -1 for some special cases. > If that negative return value gets assigned to "index", it might lead to issues > later as the variable "index" is used as index to array "kmalloc_caches" in : The value passed to kmalloc_slab is tested before the result is used. kmalloc_slab() only returns -1 for values > 4MB. The size of the object is checked against SLUB_MAX size which is significantly smaller than 4MB. 8kb by default. So kmalloc_slab() cannot return -1 if the parameter is checked first. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>