linux-kernel - Re: dm: writecache: Use 2-factor allocator arguments

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:52:27 -0400
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: dm: writecache: Use 2-factor allocator arguments

On Wed, Jun 27 2018 at  5:48pm -0400,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > This adjusts the allocator calls to use the 2-factor argument style, as
> > already done treewide for better defense against allocator overflows.
> > Additionally adjusts style nit to avoid assignments in test expressions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Friendly ping -- I'd like to make sure this makes it into 4.18. All
> other 2-factor allocations have been fixed in the kernel.

Yeap, I'll be sending it to Linus this week.  Already staged and ready
to go, please see:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git/commit/?h=dm-4.18&id=50a7d3ba7c9ac5e0b7e03fc7f420180989361dbf

Thanks,
Mike