Re: slab hang on boot

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On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:46:17 -0700 (PDT)
Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> wrote:

> @@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ static inline int kmalloc_index(int size
>  	 */
>  	WARN_ON_ONCE(size == 0);
>  
> +	if (size >= (1UL << KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH))
> +		return -1;
> +

I don't quite understand why we did this.  The subsequent logic in
kmalloc_index() should return -1 for this `size' anyway.  If it doesn't,
it's bust, isn't it?

Also, afaict kmalloc_slab() will totally mishandle the -1 return value and
will return a garbage kmem_cache*, via

        return &kmalloc_caches[index];


Could you double-check it all please?
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