Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] vmalloc: Add __vmalloc_node_try_addr function

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Rick Edgecombe
<rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Create __vmalloc_node_try_addr function that tries to allocate at a specific
> address and supports caller specified behavior for whether any lazy purging
> happens if there is a collision.
>
> This new function draws from the __vmalloc_node_range implementation. Attempts
> to merge the two into a single allocator resulted in logic that was difficult
> to follow, so they are left separate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'd love to get some more mm folks to look this over too.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security