The patch titled
Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: remove size check
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
net-netfilter-x_tablesc-remove-size-check.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: remove size check
Back in 2002 vmalloc used to BUG on too large sizes. We are much better
behaved these days and vmalloc simply returns NULL for those. Remove the
check as it simply not needed and the comment is even misleading.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180131081916.GO21609@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN net/netfilter/x_tables.c~net-netfilter-x_tablesc-remove-size-check net/netfilter/x_tables.c
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c~net-netfilter-x_tablesc-remove-size-check
+++ a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,6 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_inf
if (sz < sizeof(*info))
return NULL;
- /* Pedantry: prevent them from hitting BUG() in vmalloc.c --RR */
- if ((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
- return NULL;
-
/* __GFP_NORETRY is not fully supported by kvmalloc but it should
* work reasonably well if sz is too large and bail out rather
* than shoot all processes down before realizing there is nothing
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhocko@xxxxxxxx are
mm-oom-docs-describe-the-cgroup-aware-oom-killer-fix-2.patch
mm-introduce-map_fixed_safe.patch
fs-elf-drop-map_fixed-usage-from-elf_map.patch
mm-numa-rework-do_pages_move.patch
mm-migrate-remove-reason-argument-from-new_page_t.patch
mm-unclutter-thp-migration.patch
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