[patch 57/60] kasan: clarify comment in __kasan_kfree_large

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From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kasan: clarify comment in __kasan_kfree_large

Currently it says that the memory gets poisoned by page_alloc code. 
Clarify this by mentioning the specific callback that poisons the memory.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1c8380fe0332a3bcc720fe29f1e0bef2e2974416.1606162397.git.andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I1334dffb69b87d7986fab88a1a039cc3ea764725
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Branislav Rankov <Branislav.Rankov@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/kasan/common.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/kasan/common.c~kasan-clarify-comment-in-__kasan_kfree_large
+++ a/mm/kasan/common.c
@@ -446,5 +446,5 @@ void __kasan_kfree_large(void *ptr, unsi
 {
 	if (ptr != page_address(virt_to_head_page(ptr)))
 		kasan_report_invalid_free(ptr, ip);
-	/* The object will be poisoned by page_alloc. */
+	/* The object will be poisoned by kasan_free_pages(). */
 }
_



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