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For requests larger than KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE, kmalloc() uses the page allocator and can only support up to KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE. For request sizes bigger than KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE, the page allocator can emit a WARN because kmalloc() allocates an order greater than MAX_PAGE_ORDER. To make the KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE limit more explicit instead of relying on the page allocator check, add a KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE check inside kmalloc() to emit a WARN and return NULL for requested sizes bigger than KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE. Like the WARN in the page allocator and kvmalloc(), allow __GFP_NOWARN to suppress the WARN. Suggested-by: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" Signed-off-by: Zi Yan --- Instead of passing requests greater than KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE to the page allocator, reject them early inside kmalloc(). --- Changes in v2: 1. Rejected kmalloc() request sizes bigger than KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE by emitting a WARN and returning NULL inside kmalloc(). The WARN can be suppressed by __GFP_NOWARN. So the page allocator will no longer see excessively large requests from kmalloc(). - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260817-limit_kmalloc_size-v1-1-5bef487701cc@nvidia.com --- mm/slub.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index f9b56cb439e70..23e57a8fe55b4 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -5342,7 +5342,12 @@ static void *___kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) { struct page *page; void *ptr = NULL; - unsigned int order = get_order(size); + unsigned int order; + + if (WARN_ON_ONCE_GFP(size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE, flags)) + return NULL; + + order = get_order(size); if (unlikely(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK)) flags = kmalloc_fix_flags(flags); --- base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935 change-id: 20260817-limit_kmalloc_size-3a4a2c73beac Best regards, -- Yan, Zi