Re: [RFC] [PATCH] cpuset operations causes Badness at mm/slab.c:777 warning

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>]

Srinivasa Ds wrote:
> ---
>  kernel/cpuset.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.22-rc3/kernel/cpuset.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.22-rc3.orig/kernel/cpuset.c
> +++ linux-2.6.22-rc3/kernel/cpuset.c
> @@ -1741,6 +1741,13 @@ static int cpuset_tasks_open(struct inod
>  	 * show up until sometime later on.
>  	 */
>  	npids = atomic_read(&cs->count);
> +	if (!npids) {
> +		ctr->buf = NULL;
> +		ctr->bufsz = 0;
> +		file->private_data = ctr;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
>   

I think this is a good example of why having to special-case kmalloc(0)
is a bad idea.  The original code was straightforward and, barring
silliness, should be completely correct with npids==0.  This new code
does nothing other than make things more complex.

    J
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