linux-kernel - Re: maple tree change made it possible for VMA iteration to see same VMA twice due to late vma

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Message-ID: <CAG48ez2CFMi75nZnC+CpKAXC9U+NmPaqUP9X7x_ysdEGxn5DMw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:44:50 +0200
From:   Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To:     Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: maple tree change made it possible for VMA iteration to see same
 VMA twice due to late vma_merge() failure

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 9:36 PM Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com> wrote:
> I think - my understanding is that the kernel will basically kill
> every process on the system except for init before it starts failing
> GFP_KERNEL allocations that fit within a single slab, unless the

s/slab/page/