linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] lib: add version into /proc/allocinfo output

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 13:19:19 -0700
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kent.overstreet@...ux.dev, 
	pasha.tatashin@...een.com, vbabka@...e.cz, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] lib: add version into /proc/allocinfo output

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 9:58 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 09:31:28AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Add version string and a header at the beginning of /proc/allocinfo to
> > allow later format changes. Example output:
> >
> > > head /proc/allocinfo
> > allocinfo - version: 1.0
> > #     <size>  <calls> <tag info>
> >            0        0 init/main.c:1314 func:do_initcalls
> >            0        0 init/do_mounts.c:353 func:mount_nodev_root
> >            0        0 init/do_mounts.c:187 func:mount_root_generic
> >            0        0 init/do_mounts.c:158 func:do_mount_root
> >            0        0 init/initramfs.c:493 func:unpack_to_rootfs
> >            0        0 init/initramfs.c:492 func:unpack_to_rootfs
> >            0        0 init/initramfs.c:491 func:unpack_to_rootfs
> >          512        1 arch/x86/events/rapl.c:681 func:init_rapl_pmus
> >          128        1 arch/x86/events/rapl.c:571 func:rapl_cpu_online
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
>
> Ah yeah, good idea. (Do we have versioning like this anywhere else in
> our /proc files? It seems a nice thing to add...)

Yes, /proc/slabinfo has a similar header that includes a version number.

>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks!

>
> --
> Kees Cook