linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: kmalloc_index: make compiler break when size is not supported

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Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 00:38:46 +0900
From:   Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, cl@...ux.com,
        penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: kmalloc_index: make compiler break when size is
 not supported

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 05:19:58PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> I'd rephrase the subject:
> mm, slub: change run-time assertion in kmalloc_index() to compile-time
>

> "... compiler will generate a run-time BUG() while a compile-time error is also
> possible, and better"

> "there's no need to..."
>       kmalloc-32M


Vlastimil Babka and Christoph Lameter, thank you for reviewing the patch.

I'm not familiar with kernel community yet. should I send patch v3 again,
or can you update it directly?