netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] lib/test_rhashtable: Make test_insert_dup() allocate its hash table dynamically

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Date:   Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:08:26 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tgraf@...g.ch,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] lib/test_rhashtable: Make test_insert_dup() allocate
 its hash table dynamically

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:42:30AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> The test_insert_dup() function from lib/test_rhashtable.c passes a
> pointer to a stack object to rhltable_init(). Allocate the hash table
> dynamically to avoid that the following is reported with object
> debugging enabled:
> 
> ODEBUG: object (ptrval) is on stack (ptrval), but NOT annotated.
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at lib/debugobjects.c:368 __debug_object_init+0x312/0x480
> Modules linked in:
> EIP: __debug_object_init+0x312/0x480
> Call Trace:
>  ? debug_object_init+0x1a/0x20
>  ? __init_work+0x16/0x30
>  ? rhashtable_init+0x1e1/0x460
>  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x57/0xe0
>  ? rhltable_init+0xb/0x20
>  ? test_insert_dup+0x32/0x20f
>  ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x38/0xf0
>  ? ida_dump+0x10/0x10
>  ? jhash+0x130/0x130
>  ? my_hashfn+0x30/0x30
>  ? test_rht_init+0x6aa/0xab4
>  ? ida_dump+0x10/0x10
>  ? test_rhltable+0xc5c/0xc5c
>  ? do_one_initcall+0x67/0x28e
>  ? trace_hardirqs_off+0x22/0xe0
>  ? restore_all_kernel+0xf/0x70
>  ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0xc/0x10
>  ? restore_all_kernel+0xf/0x70
>  ? kernel_init_freeable+0x142/0x213
>  ? rest_init+0x230/0x230
>  ? kernel_init+0x10/0x110
>  ? schedule_tail_wrapper+0x9/0xc
>  ? ret_from_fork+0x19/0x24
> 
> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
> ---
> 
> Changes compared to v2: fixed build error.
> 
> Changes compared to v1: instead of modifying rhashtable_init(), modify its
>    caller.
> 
> lib/test_rhashtable.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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