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The typical use of kmalloc_size_roundup() is:
ptr = kmalloc(sz = kmalloc_size_roundup(size), ...);
if (!ptr) return -ENOMEM.
This means it is vitally important that the returned value isn't less
than the argument even if the argument is insane.
In particular if kmalloc_slab() fails or the value is above
(MAX_ULONG - PAGE_SIZE) zero is returned and kmalloc() will return
its single zero-length buffer ZERO_SIZE_PTR.
Fix this by returning the input size if the size exceeds
KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE. kmalloc() will then return NULL as the size really is
too big.
kmalloc_slab() should not normally return NULL, unless called too early.
Again, returning zero is not the correct action as it can be in some
usage scenarios stored to a variable and only later cause kmalloc()
return ZERO_SIZE_PTR and subsequent crashes on access. Instead we can
simply stop checking the kmalloc_slab() result completely, as calling
kmalloc_size_roundup() too early would then result in an immediate crash
during boot and the developer noticing an issue in their code.
[vbabka@suse.cz: remove kmalloc_slab() result check, tweak comments and
commit log]
Fixes: 05a940656e1e ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_size_roundup()")
Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@aculab.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.