linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix check after use in kernel/exit.c

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Date:	Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:11:05 +0800 (CST)
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "G. Vaughan" <gvaughan@....nasa.gov>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix check after use in kernel/exit.c


mm_release won't check the mm_struct pointer, so it should
be checked before this call.

This patch was first posted here[1], and I don't know
why it was not accepted yet.

Thanks to "G. Vaughan" to remind me about this.

1. http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/15/520

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: "G. Vaughan" <gvaughan@....nasa.gov>
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

---
 kernel/exit.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index cd20bf0..0cb9cce 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -582,9 +582,9 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct * tsk)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
 
-	mm_release(tsk, mm);
 	if (!mm)
 		return;
+	mm_release(tsk, mm);
 	/*
 	 * Serialize with any possible pending coredump.
 	 * We must hold mmap_sem around checking core_waiters
-- 
1.5.2.4

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