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From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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Subject: Re: [patch 0/5] Support for sanitization flag in low-level page	allocator
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Larry H. wrote:
>> No, there's nothing wrong with ksize() I am aware of. Yes, Larry has
>> been saying it is but hasn't provided any evidence so far.
> 
> Excuse me, do you have an attention or reading disorder? Compound pages
> and SLOB anyone? Duplication of test branches for pointer validation?

I don't see a bug there. I cc'd Matt Mackall who is the author of SLOB. 
I am sure he will be able to spot the bug if it in fact exists (which I 
seriously doubt).

Feel free to prove me wrong by sending a patch to fix SLOB. But until 
then, please stop spamming my inbox. Thanks!

			Pekka