Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: use vcalloc/__vcalloc for very large allocations

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Mar 08 2022 - 09:25:24 EST


On 08.03.22 11:59, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Allocations whose size is related to the memslot size can be arbitrarily
> large. Do not use kvzalloc/kvcalloc, as those are limited to "not crazy"
> sizes that fit in 32 bits. Now that it is available, they can use either
> vcalloc or __vcalloc, the latter if accounting is required.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fixes: 7661809d493b ("mm: don't allow oversized kvmalloc() calls")

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Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb