linux-kernel - [PATCH] tile: avoid struct vm

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Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:42:34 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tile: avoid struct vm_struct leak

If ioreamp_prot() fails in ioremap_page_range() due to kernel memory
exhaustion, we previously would leak a struct vm_struct.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
---
 arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
index dfd63ce..2bd572b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ void __iomem *ioremap_prot(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size,
 	addr = area->addr;
 	if (ioremap_page_range((unsigned long)addr, (unsigned long)addr + size,
 			       phys_addr, pgprot)) {
-		remove_vm_area((void *)(PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long) addr));
+		free_vm_area(area);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return (__force void __iomem *) (offset + (char *)addr);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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