linux-kernel - Re: [netfilter-core] kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes... (2)

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Message-ID: <20180207191518.jehn3pyssyvupt7n@salvia>
Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 20:15:18 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Yang Shi <yang.s@...baba-inc.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, guro@...com,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        coreteam@...filter.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [netfilter-core] kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable
 processes... (2)

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 11:06:42AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: remove size check
> 
> Back in 2002 vmalloc used to BUG on too large sizes.  We are much better
> behaved these days and vmalloc simply returns NULL for those.  Remove the
> check as it simply not needed and the comment is even misleading.

Applied, thanks!