linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] resource: Use 2-factor allocator calls

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jul 2018 15:07:42 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resource: Use 2-factor allocator calls

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 10:31:53 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> As already done treewide, switch from open-coded multiplication to using
> 2-factor allocation helpers.
> 

This is against resource-add-walk_system_ram_res_rev.patch
(http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180322033722.9279-2-bhe@redhat.com).

That patch is awaiting (for several months!) a v2.  Will this be happening?