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SubjectRe: [patch v2 4/4] mm, mempool: poison elements backed by page allocator
On 03/26/2015 12:55 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:10:01 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Elements backed by the slab allocator are poisoned when added to a
>> mempool's reserved pool.
>>
>> It is also possible to poison elements backed by the page allocator
>> because the mempool layer knows the allocation order.
>>
>> This patch extends mempool element poisoning to include memory backed by
>> the page allocator.
>>
>> This is only effective for configs with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB or
>> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON.
>>
>
> Maybe mempools should get KASAN treatment (as well as this)?
>

Certainly, I could cook a patch tomorrow.


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