linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: return NULL if node is NUMA_NO_NODE in get_task

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Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:03:26 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: return NULL if node is NUMA_NO_NODE in
 get_task_policy

On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:06:56 +0800 Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com> wrote:

> If node == NUMA_NO_NODE, pol is NULL, we should return NULL instead of
> do "if (!pol->mode)" check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>
> ---
>  mm/mempolicy.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> index 4baf12e..e0e3398 100644
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ static struct mempolicy *get_task_policy(struct task_struct *p)
>  		node = numa_node_id();
>  		if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
>  			pol = &preferred_node_policy[node];
> +		else
> +			return NULL;
>  
>  		/* preferred_node_policy is not initialised early in boot */
>  		if (!pol->mode)

Well yes, it'll dereference a null pointer

This is neater, I think:

--- a/mm/mempolicy.c~mm-mempolicy-return-null-if-node-is-numa_no_node-in-get_task_policy
+++ a/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -123,16 +123,19 @@ static struct mempolicy preferred_node_p
 static struct mempolicy *get_task_policy(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = p->mempolicy;
-	int node;
 
 	if (!pol) {
-		node = numa_node_id();
-		if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			pol = &preferred_node_policy[node];
+		int node = numa_node_id();
 
-		/* preferred_node_policy is not initialised early in boot */
-		if (!pol->mode)
-			pol = NULL;
+		if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE) {
+			pol = &preferred_node_policy[node];
+			/*
+			 * preferred_node_policy is not initialised early in
+			 * boot
+			 */
+			if (!pol->mode)
+				pol = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return pol;
_

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