+ mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: switch to WARN_ON() and move it under unlink_va()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va.patch

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From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: switch to WARN_ON() and move it under unlink_va()

Trigger a warning if an object that is about to be freed is detached.  We
used to have a BUG_ON(), but even though it is considered as faulty
behaviour that is not a good reason to break a system.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527151843.27416-5-urezki@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/vmalloc.c |    8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -773,11 +773,7 @@ link_va(struct vmap_area *va, struct rb_
 static __always_inline void
 unlink_va(struct vmap_area *va, struct rb_root *root)
 {
-	/*
-	 * During merging a VA node can be empty, therefore
-	 * not linked with the tree nor list. Just check it.
-	 */
-	if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&va->rb_node)) {
+	if (!WARN_ON(RB_EMPTY_NODE(&va->rb_node))) {
 		if (root == &free_vmap_area_root)
 			rb_erase_augmented(&va->rb_node,
 				root, &free_vmap_area_rb_augment_cb);
@@ -1427,8 +1423,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_vmap_purge_
 
 static void __free_vmap_area(struct vmap_area *va)
 {
-	BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_NODE(&va->rb_node));
-
 	/*
 	 * Remove from the busy tree/list.
 	 */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from urezki@xxxxxxxxx are

mm-vmap-remove-node-argument.patch
mm-vmap-preload-a-cpu-with-one-object-for-split-purpose.patch
mm-vmap-get-rid-of-one-single-unlink_va-when-merge.patch
mm-vmap-switch-to-warn_on-and-move-it-under-unlink_va.patch




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