linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: vmalloc: Check for page allocation failure before vmlist insertion

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Date:	Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:56:23 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Luciano Chavez <lnx1138@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: vmalloc: Check for page allocation failure before
 vmlist insertion

On 12/05/2011 09:07 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Commit [f5252e00: mm: avoid null pointer access in vm_struct via
> /proc/vmallocinfo] adds newly allocated vm_structs to the vmlist
> after it is fully initialised. Unfortunately, it did not check that
> __vmalloc_area_node() successfully populated the area. In the event
> of allocation failure, the vmalloc area is freed but the pointer to
> freed memory is inserted into the vmlist leading to a a crash later
> in get_vmalloc_info().
>
> This patch adds a check for ____vmalloc_area_node() failure within
> __vmalloc_node_range. It does not use "goto fail" as in the previous
> error path as a warning was already displayed by __vmalloc_area_node()
> before it called vfree in its failure path.
>
> Credit goes to Luciano Chavez for doing all the real work of
> identifying exactly where the problem was.
>
> If accepted, this should be considered a -stable candidate.
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Luciano Chavez<lnx1138@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman<mgorman@...e.de>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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