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authorMatthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>2018-06-07 17:05:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-06-07 17:34:34 -0700
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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>
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diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 44aa7847324a..dc960401ce90 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2444,6 +2444,8 @@ static inline void *new_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = *pc;
struct page *page;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(s->ctor && (flags & __GFP_ZERO));
+
freelist = get_partial(s, flags, node, c);
if (freelist)