It's come from `192+1`.
The more code fragment is:
if (size <= 192) {
if (!size)
return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
size = array_index_nospec(size, 193);
index = size_index[size_index_elem(size)];
}
Sine array_index_nospec(index, size) can clamp the index within the
range of [0, size), so in order to make the `size<=192`, need to clamp
the index in the range of [0, 192+1) .
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:25 AM Michal Hocko <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed 29-05-19 20:37:28, Dianzhang Chen wrote:
> [...]
> > @@ -1056,6 +1057,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size, gfp_t
> > flags)
> > if (!size)
> > return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> >
> > + size = array_index_nospec(size, 193);
> > index = size_index[size_index_elem(size)];
>
> What is this 193 magic number?
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
