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Date:      Fri, 9 Jul 2021 15:54:25 -0400
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 72821668b039 - main - stand/kmem_zalloc: panic when a M_WAITOK allocation fails
Message-ID:  <20210709195425.xzk2azaor4ielmb4@mutt-hbsd>
In-Reply-To: <202107091726.169HQvGQ084473@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202107091726.169HQvGQ084473@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 05:26:57PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by imp:
>=20
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D72821668b039c276914569e9ca=
a1cdfa4e4cb674
>=20
> commit 72821668b039c276914569e9caa1cdfa4e4cb674
> Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-07-09 17:21:18 +0000
> Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2021-07-09 17:21:18 +0000
>=20
>     stand/kmem_zalloc: panic when a M_WAITOK allocation fails
>    =20
>     Malloc() might return NULL, in which case we will panic with a NULL
>     pointer deref. Make it panic when the allocation fails to preserve the
>     postcondtion that we never return a non-NULL value.

malloc(9) tells us that M_WAITOK will never fail. I'm thinking this
conditional might need to be negated for the !M_WAITOK case, in which
malloc(9) could indeed fail.

Although, even as I type this email, I just realized that a different
function, Malloc, is being called. What's the difference between
malloc and Malloc?

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A=
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