Re: [PATCH] mm/slub.c: add parameter length checking for alloc_loc_track()

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On 07/12/2013 09:49 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2013, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
>> Since alloc_loc_track() will alloc additional space, and already knows
>> about 'max', so need be sure of 'max' must be larger than 't->count'.
> 
> alloc_loc_track is only called if t->count > max from add_location:
> 

For add_location(), if "t->count > t->max", it calls alloc_loc_track()
with "max == 2 * t->max".

In this case we need be sure that "t->count < 2 * t->max".

> /*
>  * Not found. Insert new tracking element.
> */
> if (t->count >= t->max && !alloc_loc_track(t, 2 * t->max, GFP_ATOMIC))
>                 return 0;
> 


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

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