linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] SLUB: Use GFP_PANIC for early-boot allocations

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0905081241530.15748@qirst.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 May 2009 12:42:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	mel@....ul.ie, riel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] SLUB: Use GFP_PANIC for early-boot allocations

On Fri, 8 May 2009, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Well, what I'm saying is that that either is a genuine bug we should
> fix, or its boot code, which is exactly what my assertion above tests
> for.
>
> I really believe GFP_PANIC usage outside of system_state ==
> STATE_BOOTING is a bug we should fix. Not create a better syntax for.

I agree.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/