Re: [PATCH v8 2/3] mm: add a field to store names for private anonymous memory

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri 27-08-21 12:18:57, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
[...]
> +static void replace_vma_anon_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma, const char *name)
> +{
> +	if (!name) {
> +		free_vma_anon_name(vma);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (vma->anon_name) {
> +		/* Should never happen, to dup use dup_vma_anon_name() */
> +		WARN_ON(vma->anon_name == name);

What is the point of this warning?

> +
> +		/* Same name, nothing to do here */
> +		if (!strcmp(name, vma->anon_name))
> +			return;
> +
> +		free_vma_anon_name(vma);
> +	}
> +	vma->anon_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
> +}
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs