Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:44:58 +0400 | From | Andrey Ryabinin <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH RESEND -next 13/21] mm: slub: add allocation size field to struct kmem_cache |
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On 07/09/14 18:33, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, Andrey Ryabinin wrote: > >> When caller creates new kmem_cache, requested size of kmem_cache >> will be stored in alloc_size. Later alloc_size will be used by >> kerenel address sanitizer to mark alloc_size of slab object as >> accessible and the rest of its size as redzone. > > I think this patch is not needed since object_size == alloc_size right? >
I vaguely remember there was a reason for this patch, but I can't see/recall it now. Probably I misunderstood something. I'll drop this patch
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