linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: do not inc NR_PAGETABLE if ptlock

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]

Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:21:26 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: do not inc NR_PAGETABLE if ptlock_init failed

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:14:41PM +0300, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> If ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS is defined, ptlock_init may fail, in which case
> we shouldn't increment NR_PAGETABLE.
> 
> Since small allocations, such as ptlock, normally do not fail (currently
> they can fail if kmemcg is used though), this patch does not really fix
> anything and should be considered as a code cleanup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
--
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/