Re: [syzbot] WARNING in do_proc_bulk

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 3 May 2021 14:56:14 -0400 Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 
> > do_proc_bulk() is asking kmalloc for more than MAX_ORDER bytes, in
> > 
> > 	tbuf = kmalloc(len1, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> This doesn't seem to be a bug.  do_proc_bulk is simply trying to 
> allocate a kernel buffer for data passed to/from userspace.  If a user 
> wants too much space all at once, that's their problem.
> 
> As far as I know, the kmalloc API doesn't require the caller to filter 
> out requests for more the MAX_ORDER bytes.  Only to be prepared to 
> handle failures -- which do_proc_bulk is all set for.
> 
> Am I wrong about this?  Should we add __GFP_NOWARN to the gfp flags?

Yes, if the oversized request is a can-happen and the resulting error is handled
appropriately, __GFP_NOWARN is the way to go.