netfilter: x_tables: remove size check
authorMichal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:16:56 +0000 (09:16 +0100)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Thu, 8 Feb 2018 11:36:15 +0000 (12:36 +0100)
commitfd2c19b2a28bb574b3914466a68ef830212d5cf7
tree92e7ac79d41714def75a8a3e4c627a3513c85653
parent5c487bb9adddbc1d23433e09d2548759375c2b52
netfilter: x_tables: remove size check

Back in 2002 vmalloc used to BUG on too large sizes.  We are much better
behaved these days and vmalloc simply returns NULL for those.  Remove the
check as it simply not needed and the comment is even misleading.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180131081916.GO21609@dhcp22.suse.cz
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/netfilter/x_tables.c