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slab: __GFP_ZERO is incompatible with a constructor
authorMatthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Fri, 8 Jun 2018 00:05:13 +0000 (17:05 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 8 Jun 2018 00:34:34 +0000 (17:34 -0700)
commit128227e7fe4087b60f1bd31f762e61237eb23790
treeccf03475b150751d98f4f901339a3871dafe8240
parente56ee574bc46b9734066008b3dc105bd7d4cbc0c
slab: __GFP_ZERO is incompatible with a constructor

__GFP_ZERO requests that the object be initialised to all-zeroes, while
the purpose of a constructor is to initialise an object to a particular
pattern.  We cannot do both.  Add a warning to catch any users who
mistakenly pass a __GFP_ZERO flag when allocating a slab with a
constructor.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180412191322.GA21205@bombadil.infradead.org
Fixes: d07dbea46405 ("Slab allocators: support __GFP_ZERO in all allocators")
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/slab.c
mm/slob.c
mm/slub.c