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* Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
@ 2020-04-25 20:24 Markus Elfring
  2020-04-25 23:51 ` Changbin Du
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-04-25 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Changbin Du, Andrew Morton, linux-mm
  Cc: linux-kernel, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Joonsoo Kim,
	Kees Cook, Pekka Enberg

> Fixes: 3202fa62fb ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object")

Will a longer commit identifier be safer for the final change description?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=b2768df24ec400dd4f7fa79542f797e904812053#n183

Regards,
Markus

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* Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
  2020-04-25 20:24 [PATCH] mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on Markus Elfring
@ 2020-04-25 23:51 ` Changbin Du
  2020-04-26  5:56   ` Markus Elfring
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Changbin Du @ 2020-04-25 23:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Markus Elfring
  Cc: Changbin Du, Andrew Morton, linux-mm, linux-kernel,
	Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Joonsoo Kim, Kees Cook,
	Pekka Enberg

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:24:45PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Fixes: 3202fa62fb ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object")
> 
> Will a longer commit identifier be safer for the final change description?
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=b2768df24ec400dd4f7fa79542f797e904812053#n183
>
I used to give 12 charactors, but this time I lost two. :)

> Regards,
> Markus

-- 
Cheers,
Changbin Du

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* Re: mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
  2020-04-25 23:51 ` Changbin Du
@ 2020-04-26  5:56   ` Markus Elfring
  2020-04-28 23:18     ` Changbin Du
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-04-26  5:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Changbin Du, Andrew Morton, linux-mm
  Cc: linux-kernel, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Joonsoo Kim,
	Kees Cook, Pekka Enberg

>>> Fixes: 3202fa62fb ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object")
> I used to give 12 charactors, but this time I lost two. :)

Would you like to improve details for the change description
also at another place?

Regards,
Markus

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* Re: mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
  2020-04-26  5:56   ` Markus Elfring
@ 2020-04-28 23:18     ` Changbin Du
  2020-04-29  8:00       ` Markus Elfring
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Changbin Du @ 2020-04-28 23:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Markus Elfring
  Cc: Changbin Du, Andrew Morton, linux-mm, linux-kernel,
	Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes, Joonsoo Kim, Kees Cook,
	Pekka Enberg, Waiman Long

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 07:56:43AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >>> Fixes: 3202fa62fb ("slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object")
> …
> > I used to give 12 charactors, but this time I lost two. :)
> 
> Would you like to improve details for the change description
> also at another place?
>
Waiman just posted another fix for this issue. Let's use that patch instead.
Thanks.

> Regards,
> Markus

-- 
Cheers,
Changbin Du

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* Re: mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
  2020-04-28 23:18     ` Changbin Du
@ 2020-04-29  8:00       ` Markus Elfring
  2020-04-29 16:36         ` Waiman Long
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-04-29  8:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Changbin Du, linux-mm
  Cc: linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes,
	Joonsoo Kim, Kees Cook, Pekka Enberg, Waiman Long

> Waiman just posted another fix for this issue. Let's use that patch instead.

With which patches should the situation be finally improved
also for this software component?
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/project/lkml/list/?submitter=21412

Regards,
Markus

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* Re: mm/slub: do not place freelist pointer to middle of object if redzone is on
  2020-04-29  8:00       ` Markus Elfring
@ 2020-04-29 16:36         ` Waiman Long
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Waiman Long @ 2020-04-29 16:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Markus Elfring, Changbin Du, linux-mm
  Cc: linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Christoph Lameter, David Rientjes,
	Joonsoo Kim, Kees Cook, Pekka Enberg

On 4/29/20 4:00 AM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>> Waiman just posted another fix for this issue. Let's use that patch instead.
> With which patches should the situation be finally improved
> also for this software component?
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/project/lkml/list/?submitter=21412
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
The "mm/slub: Fix incorrect interpretation of s->offset" v3 patch that I 
sent out this morning should fix the problem.

Cheers,
Longman


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