Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:21:07 +0800 | From | Herbert Xu <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 23/28] algif: Remove hash_sendpage*() |
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On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 07:44:14AM +0000, David Howells wrote: > > Okay. Btw, how much of a hard limit is ALG_MAX_PAGES? Multipage folios can > exceed the current limit (16 pages, 64K) in size. Is it just to prevent too > much memory being pinned at once?
Yes, we don't want user-space to be able to pin an unlimited amount of memory.
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