On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 1:38 AM 'Michal Hocko' via kernel-team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed 25-01-23 00:38:49, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > Replace indirect modifications to vma->vm_flags with calls to modifier > > functions to be able to track flag changes and to keep vma locking > > correctness. Add a BUG_ON check in ksm_madvise() to catch indirect > > vm_flags modification attempts. > > Those BUG_ONs scream to much IMHO. KSM is an MM internal code so I > gueess we should be willing to trust it. Yes, but I really want to prevent an indirect misuse since it was not easy to find these. If you feel strongly about it I will remove them or if you have a better suggestion I'm all for it. > > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to kernel-team+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx. >
