Re: [PATCH v12 08/11] arm64/kasan: add and use kasan_map_populate()

From: Will Deacon
Date: Wed Oct 18 2017 - 13:06:51 EST


On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 01:03:10PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> I asked Will, about it, and he preferred to have this patched added to the
> end of my series instead of replacing "arm64/kasan: add and use
> kasan_map_populate()".

As I said, I'm fine either way, I just didn't want to cause extra work
or rebasing:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-October/535703.html

> In addition, Will's patch stops using large pages for kasan memory, and thus
> might add some regression in which case it is easier to revert just that
> patch instead of the whole series. It is unlikely that regression is going
> to be detectable, because kasan by itself makes system quiet slow already.

If it causes problems, I'll just fix them. No need to revert.

Will