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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c index 3c5cec85edce..1323bc16f113 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c @@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ void lkdtm_READ_AFTER_FREE(void) int *base, *val, saw; size_t len = 1024; /* - * The slub allocator uses the first word to store the free - * pointer in some configurations. Use the middle of the - * allocation to avoid running into the freelist + * The slub allocator will use the either the first word or + * the middle of the allocation to store the free pointer, + * depending on configurations. Store in the second word to + * avoid running into the freelist. */ - size_t offset = (len / sizeof(*base)) / 2; + size_t offset = sizeof(*base); base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!base) { |