linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: account ebt_table

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Message-ID: <4c8051dd-2214-49eb-a342-5ee2171665d1@virtuozzo.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:48:17 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+7713f3aa67be76b1552c@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: account ebt_table_info to kmemcg

On 10.01.2019 12:41, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 10-01-19 12:22:09, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> [...]
>>>> diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>>>> index 491828713e0b..5e55cef0cec3 100644
>>>> --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>>>> +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>>>> @@ -1137,14 +1137,16 @@ static int do_replace(struct net *net, const void __user *user,
>>>>  	tmp.name[sizeof(tmp.name) - 1] = 0;
>>>>  
>>>>  	countersize = COUNTER_OFFSET(tmp.nentries) * nr_cpu_ids;
>>>> -	newinfo = vmalloc(sizeof(*newinfo) + countersize);
>>>> +	newinfo = __vmalloc(sizeof(*newinfo) + countersize, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT,
>>>> +			    PAGE_KERNEL);
>>
>> Do we need GFP_HIGHMEM here?
> 
> No. vmalloc adds __GPF_HIGHMEM implicitly (see __vmalloc_area_node).

Then OK, thanks for the explanation.

Kirill