linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: alloc: Fix `ArrayLayout` allocations

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=bYXd+Rx4tTmoUPeSMCuPsmrNWzX6fnBR+siULzK4t1A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:56:12 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	asahi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: alloc: Fix `ArrayLayout` allocations

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 11:30 AM Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net> wrote:
>
> We were accidentally allocating a layout for the *square* of the object
> size due to a variable shadowing mishap.
>
> Fixes memory bloat and page allocation failures in drm/asahi.
>
> Reported-by: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
> Fixes: 9e7bbfa18276 ("rust: alloc: introduce `ArrayLayout`")
> Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>

Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel