[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKTiPioDjC7rrjN+fG=ZK8mdQ542GwEJW6Fa7GUA8x2uQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:46:39 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] vmalloc: Add __vmalloc_node_try_addr function
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Rick Edgecombe
<rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com> wrote:
> Create __vmalloc_node_try_addr function that tries to allocate at a specific
> address and supports caller specified behavior for whether any lazy purging
> happens if there is a collision.
>
> This new function draws from the __vmalloc_node_range implementation. Attempts
> to merge the two into a single allocator resulted in logic that was difficult
> to follow, so they are left separate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
I'd love to get some more mm folks to look this over too.
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use?
Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia
and check out these
guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.
