Re: [PATCH 7/9] mm, slub: introduce kmem_cache_debug_flags()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jun 18 2020 - 15:56:36 EST


On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:37:07AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 6/10/20 6:31 PM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > There are few places that call kmem_cache_debug(s) (which tests if any of debug
> > flags are enabled for a cache) immediatelly followed by a test for a specific
> > flag. The compiler can probably eliminate the extra check, but we can make the
> > code nicer by introducing kmem_cache_debug_flags() that works like
> > kmem_cache_debug() (including the static key check) but tests for specifig
> > flag(s). The next patches will add more users.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>
> Please add this fixup per reviews.
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> From 25793252a31a36f8d1d4ccf0f27ed3e43fba54d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:34:53 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] mm, slub: introduce kmem_cache_debug_flags()-fix
>
> Change return from int to bool, per Kees.
> Add VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() for invalid flags, per Roman.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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