linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] pstore/zone: cap the maximum device size

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Date:   Tue,  1 Dec 2020 13:11:21 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@...winnertech.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] pstore/zone: cap the maximum device size

On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:20:39 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Introduce an abritrary 128MiB cap to avoid malloc failures when using
> a larger block device.

I've applied 1-3 of the series to for-next/pstore, thanks!

[1/9] pstore/zone: cap the maximum device size
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/cbf82e35031b
[2/9] pstore/blk: update the command line example
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/45a8af4412b1
[3/9] pstore/blk: remove {un,}register_pstore_blk
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/b6f8ed33ab2b

(I tweaked #3 with a small added comment.)

-- 
Kees Cook