On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 10:06:24 +0800 Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Delete the WARN_ON() and return NULL directly for oversized parameter
> in kvmalloc() calls.
> Also add unlikely().
>
> Fixes: 7661809d493b ("mm: don't allow oversized kvmalloc() calls")
> Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> There are a lot of oversize warnings and patches about kvmalloc() calls
> recently. Maybe these warnings are not very necessary.
Or maybe they are. Please let's take a look at these warnings, one at
a time. If a large number of them are bogus then sure, let's disable
the runtime test. But perhaps it's the case that calling code has
genuine issues and should be repaired.
