Re: [PATCH v3] mm, slub: change run-time assertion in kmalloc_index() to compile-time

From: Hyeonggon Yoo
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 21:53:51 EST


On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 05:43:22PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Ah sorry, that should definitely be >= :(
>
> That is what I get for writing an email that late... in reality, it probably
> won't matter due to the availability of 11.0.1 and 11.1.0 but it should
> absolutely be changed.

> I have not given Nick's patch a go yet but would something like this be
> acceptable? If so, did you want me to send a formal fixup patch or did you
> want to send a v4? I have no personal preference.

I think fixup patch patch will be better as we can undo it later.
I don't think Nick's patch is needed because that code is not related with
clang version, and we don't need that code even in clang 10.

then is there something I can help for now?

thanks,
Hyeonggon