Add a VM_BUG_ON to catch any illegal value from the shrinkers. It's a potential bug if scan_objects returns a negative other than -1 and would lead to undefined behaviour. Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Oskar Andero <oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 6bac41e..63fec86 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ shrink_slab_one(struct shrinker *shrinker, struct shrink_control *shrinkctl, ret = shrinker->scan_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl); if (ret == -1) break; + VM_BUG_ON(ret < -1); freed += ret; count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, nr_to_scan); -- 1.8.1.5 -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>