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From:   Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:47:48 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/44] kasan: define KASAN_GRANULE_PAGE
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3:13 PM Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:11 PM Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Define KASAN_GRANULE_PAGE as (KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE << PAGE_SHIFT), which is
> > the same as (KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE * PAGE_SIZE), and use it across KASAN code
> > to simplify it.
>
> What's the physical sense behind KASAN_GRANULE_PAGE? Is it something
> more than just a product of two constants?

No, just a product.

> The name suggests it might be something page-sized, but in reality it is not.

What name would you prefer?