On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, Pedro Falcato wrote: > diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c > index 40b582a014b..1abe6a577d5 100644 > --- a/mm/slab_common.c > +++ b/mm/slab_common.c > @@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s) > EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size); > > #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM > + > +static bool kmem_cache_is_duplicate_name(const char *name) > +{ > + struct kmem_cache *s; > + > + list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) { > + if (!strcmp(s->name, name)) > + return true; > + } > + > + return false; > +} > + > static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, unsigned int size) > { > if (!name || in_interrupt() || size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) { > @@ -95,6 +108,11 @@ static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, unsigned int size) > return -EINVAL; > } > > + if (kmem_cache_is_duplicate_name(name)) { > + /* Duplicate names will confuse slabtop, et al */ > + pr_warn("%s: name %s already exists as a cache\n", __func__, name); Shouldn't this be a full WARN_ON() instead of pr_warn()? I assume we'll be interested in who is adding the cache when the name already exists.