+ proc-stat-use-defined-macro-kmalloc_max_size.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     proc/stat: use defined macro KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     proc-stat-use-defined-macro-kmalloc_max_size.patch

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Subject: proc/stat: use defined macro KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE
From: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

There is a macro for the max size kmalloc can allocate, so use it instead
of a hardcoded number.

Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/proc/stat.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/stat.c~proc-stat-use-defined-macro-kmalloc_max_size fs/proc/stat.c
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c~proc-stat-use-defined-macro-kmalloc_max_size
+++ a/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ static int stat_open(struct inode *inode
 	struct seq_file *m;
 	int res;
 
-	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size, currently 128 KB */
-	if (size > 128 * 1024)
-		size = 128 * 1024;
+	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size */
+	if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		size = KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE;
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

proc-stat-use-defined-macro-kmalloc_max_size.patch

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