[PATCH] slub: fix possible NULL pointer dereference - Kernel
This is a discussion on [PATCH] slub: fix possible NULL pointer dereference - Kernel ; This patch fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kzalloc
failed. To be able to return proper error code the function
return type is changed to ssize_t (according to callees and
sysfs definitions).
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov
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Index: linux-2.6.git/mm/slub.c
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[PATCH] slub: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
This patch fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kzalloc
failed. To be able to return proper error code the function
return type is changed to ssize_t (according to callees and
sysfs definitions).
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov
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Index: linux-2.6.git/mm/slub.c
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--- linux-2.6.git.orig/mm/slub.c 2008-03-02 22:53:27.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.git/mm/slub.c 2008-03-02 23:02:27.000000000 +0300
@@ -3591,8 +3591,8 @@ enum slab_stat_type {
#define SO_CPU (1 << SL_CPU)
#define SO_OBJECTS (1 << SL_OBJECTS)
-static unsigned long slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,
- char *buf, unsigned long flags)
+static ssize_t slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,
+ char *buf, unsigned long flags)
{
unsigned long total = 0;
int cpu;
@@ -3602,6 +3602,8 @@ static unsigned long slab_objects(struct
unsigned long *per_cpu;
nodes = kzalloc(2 * sizeof(unsigned long) * nr_node_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!nodes)
+ return -ENOMEM;
per_cpu = nodes + nr_node_ids;
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
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Re: [PATCH] slub: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> This patch fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kzalloc
> failed. To be able to return proper error code the function
> return type is changed to ssize_t (according to callees and
> sysfs definitions).
>
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg
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Re: [PATCH] slub: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
Thanks for review, Pekka, and sorry for not cc'ed you on initial
submittion (just missed 
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