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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:37:10 -0800
From: J Freyensee <why2jjj.linux@...il.com>
To: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...wei.com>, david@...morbit.com,
 willy@...radead.org, keescook@...omium.org, mhocko@...nel.org
Cc: labbott@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] genalloc: selftest


> +
> +/*
> + * In case of failure of any of these tests, memory corruption is almost
> + * guarranteed; allowing the boot to continue means risking to corrupt
> + * also any filesystem/block device accessed write mode.
> + * Therefore, BUG_ON() is used, when testing.
> + */
> +
> +

I like the explanation; good background info on why something is 
implemented the way it is :-).

Reviewed-by: Jay Freyensee <why2jjj.linux@...il.com>

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