linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] get_user_pages: fix possible page leak on oom

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:41:24 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ethan Solomita <solo@...gle.com>, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] get_user_pages: fix possible page leak on oom

get_user_pages() must not return the error when i != 0. When pages != NULL we
have i get_page()'ed pages.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- 26-rc2/mm/memory.c~1_GUP_OOM	2008-06-21 15:35:21.000000000 +0400
+++ 26-rc2/mm/memory.c	2008-06-21 15:56:58.000000000 +0400
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *t
 			 * be processed until returning to user space.
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_MEMDIE)))
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				return i ? i : -ENOMEM;
 
 			if (write)
 				foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;

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