netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bpf: do not use KMALLOC_SHIFT

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Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:02:35 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Cristopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bpf: do not use KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX

On Fri 16-12-16 10:02:10, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 05:47:21PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> > 
> > 01b3f52157ff ("bpf: fix allocation warnings in bpf maps and integer
> > overflow") has added checks for the maximum allocateable size. It
> > (ab)used KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX for that purpose. While this is not incorrect
> > it is not very clean because we already have KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE for this
> > very reason so let's change both checks to use KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE instead.
> > 
> > Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 
> Nack until the patches 1 and 2 are reversed.

I do not insist on ordering. The thing is that it shouldn't matter all
that much. Or are you worried about bisectability?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs