Re: [PATCH] slub: slub_def.h: needs additional check for "index"

[Maxin John]

Hi,

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The value passed to kmalloc_slab is tested before the result is used.
> kmalloc_slab() only returns -1 for values > 4MB.
>
> The size of the object is checked against SLUB_MAX size which is
> significantly smaller than 4MB. 8kb by default.
>
> So kmalloc_slab() cannot return -1 if the parameter is checked first.

Thank you very much for pointing it out. I think it's a lot more clear
for me now.

Best Regards,
Maxin
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