netdev - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 2/2] igb: Proactively round up to kmalloc bucket size

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Date:   Sat, 29 Oct 2022 03:30:37 +0000
From:   "G, GurucharanX" <gurucharanx.g@...el.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Ruhl@....outflux.net" <Ruhl@....outflux.net>,
        "Ruhl, Michael J" <michael.j.ruhl@...el.com>
CC:     "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 2/2] igb: Proactively round up to
 kmalloc bucket size



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Kees Cook
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 2:55 PM
> To: Ruhl@....outflux.net; Ruhl, Michael J <michael.j.ruhl@...el.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>;
> linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>; David S. Miller
> <davem@...emloft.net>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 2/2] igb: Proactively round up to kmalloc
> bucket size
> 
> In preparation for removing the "silently change allocation size"
> users of ksize(), explicitly round up all q_vector allocations so that allocations
> can be correctly compared to ksize().
> 
> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Tested-by: Gurucharan <gurucharanx.g@...el.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)