linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/20] ipc: Drop non-RCU allocation

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5j+LUVWf3PHitRAeWzBivr5eFF_8cTexeLfQwYo-uH98Zg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 12:35:54 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc:     Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 1vier1@....de,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/20] ipc: Drop non-RCU allocation

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Manfred Spraul
<manfred@...orfullife.com> wrote:
> The only users of ipc_alloc() were ipc_rcu_alloc() and the on-heap
> sem_io fall-back memory. Better to just open-code these to make things
> easier to read.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> [manfred@...orfullife.com: Rediff due to inclusion of memset() into
> ipc_rcu_alloc().]

Oh! I see, the hunk snuck into this patch, rather that patch 3.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security