linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:56:19 +0530
From:   Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
To:     Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Liam Mark <lmark@...eaurora.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        linux-media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "moderated list:DMA BUFFER SHARING FRAMEWORK" 
        <linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Set allocation limit for system heap

Hi Hridya,

Apologies for the delay in responding;


On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 03:09, Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:18 PM John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > This patch limits the size of total memory that can be requested in a
> > > single allocation from the system heap. This would prevent a
> > > buggy/malicious client from depleting system memory by requesting for an
> > > extremely large allocation which might destabilize the system.
> > >
> > > The limit is set to half the size of the device's total RAM which is the
> > > same as what was set by the deprecated ION system heap.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>
> >
> > Seems sane to me, unless folks have better suggestions for allocation limits.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
>
> Thank you for taking a look John!
Looks good to me; I will apply it to drm-misc today.
>
> Regards,
> Hridya
>
> >
> > thanks
> > -john
Best,
Sumit.


-- 
Thanks and regards,

Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs