linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kmemcheck: add hooks for the page allocator

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Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:34:16 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmemcheck: add hooks for the page allocator

Vegard Nossum wrote:
> This adds support for tracking the initializedness of memory that
> was allocated with the page allocator. Highmem requests are not
> tracked.
> 
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

> +void kmemcheck_pagealloc_alloc(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
> +			       gfp_t gfpflags)
> +{
> +	int pages;
> +
> +	if (gfpflags & (__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_NOTRACK))
> +		return;
> +
> +	pages = 1 << order;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * NOTE: We choose to track GFP_ZERO pages too; in fact, they
> +	 * can become uninitialized by copying uninitialized memory
> +	 * into them.
> +	 */
> +
> +	/* XXX: Can use zone->node for node? */
> +	kmemcheck_alloc_shadow(page, order, gfpflags, -1);

Yes, you can.
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