From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>,
GONG Ruiqi <gongruiqi@huaweicloud.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] slub_kunit: Add a test for the kmalloc_partition boot parameter
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:29:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202610302128.1009F254@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <66f981ce04dfb01d02d1683bb18ba6db1c4eabd1.1793253633.git.chris@chrisdown.name>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 02:09:21PM +0800, Chris Down wrote:
> Check that the kmalloc partitions are separate caches by default, and
> alias the normal kmalloc caches when they're turned off with
> kmalloc_partition=0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
> ---
> lib/tests/slub_kunit.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/slab.h | 4 ++++
> mm/slab_common.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
> index 670645875b27..e3035864577d 100644
> --- a/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
> +++ b/lib/tests/slub_kunit.c
> @@ -333,6 +333,49 @@ static void test_slab_buckets(struct kunit *test)
> }
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KMALLOC_PARTITION_CACHES
Same feedback as the other test: let's get rid of all this ifdef-ery :)
--
Kees Cook
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 4:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 6:07 [PATCH v2 0/6] mm/slab: Support selecting slab hardening features at boot Chris Down
2026-10-29 6:07 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] mm/slab: Enable SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED by default Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:13 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-29 6:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] mm/slab: Enable SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM " Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:15 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-29 6:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] mm/slab: Support disabling SLAB_BUCKETS at boot Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:17 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-29 6:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] slub_kunit: Add a test for the slab_buckets boot parameter Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:22 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-29 6:09 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] mm/slab: Support disabling KMALLOC_PARTITION_CACHES at boot Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:28 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-29 6:09 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] slub_kunit: Add a test for the kmalloc_partition boot parameter Chris Down
2026-10-31 4:29 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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