Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm/page_alloc.c: add config option to sanitize freed pages

[PaX Team]

On 4 May 2015 at 23:16, Anisse Astier wrote:

> @@ -960,9 +966,15 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_flags,
>  	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
>  	kasan_alloc_pages(page, order);
>  
> +#ifndef CONFIG_SANITIZE_FREED_PAGES
> +	/* SANITIZE_FREED_PAGES relies implicitly on the fact that pages are
> +	 * cleared before use, so we don't need gfp zero in the default case
> +	 * because all pages go through the free_pages_prepare code path when
> +	 * switching from bootmem to the default allocator */
>  	if (gfp_flags & __GFP_ZERO)
>  		for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++)
>  			clear_highpage(page + i);
> +#endif

this hunk should not be applied before the hibernation fix otherwise
bisect will break.

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