Before, if the total alloc size is overflow, we just return NULL like alloc fail. But they are two different type problems. The former looks more like a programming problem. So add a warning here. Signed-off-by: Yang Bai <hamo.by@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/slab.h | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 573c809..5865237 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -242,8 +242,10 @@ size_t ksize(const void *); */ static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) { - if (size != 0 && n > ULONG_MAX / size) + if (size != 0 && n > ULONG_MAX / size) { + WARN(1, "Alloc memory size (%lu * %lu) overflow.", n, size); return NULL; + } return __kmalloc(n * size, flags | __GFP_ZERO); } -- 1.7.9 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>