linux-kernel - [PATCH] SLUB: ksize() abuse checks

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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 19:24:00 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	clameter@....com
cc:	mpm@...enic.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] SLUB: ksize() abuse checks

From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

Add a WARN_ON for pages that don't have PageSlab nor PageCompound set to catch
the worst abusers of ksize() in the kernel.

Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
---
 mm/slub.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a505a82..0987d1c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2726,9 +2726,10 @@ size_t ksize(const void *object)
 
 	page = virt_to_head_page(object);
 
-	if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page)))
+	if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page))) {
+		WARN_ON(!PageCompound(page));
 		return PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page);
-
+	}
 	s = page->slab;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
-- 
1.5.2.5

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