linux-kernel - Re: [74/74] net: fix rds

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:10:13 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Andy Grover <andy.grover@...cle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [74/74] net: fix rds_iovec page count overflow

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> +
> +               /*
> +                * nr_pages for one entry is limited to (UINT_MAX>>PAGE_SHIFT)+1,
> +                * so tot_pages cannot overflow without first going negative.
> +                */
> +               if ((int)nr_pages < 0)
> +                       ret = -EINVAL;
> +                       goto out;
>        }

Yeah, what the heck happened there. That won't work.

As Paul says, the original was just a "return -EINVAL", and when the
backport changed it into a "ret = " + "goto out", it really needs a
couple of braces.

As it is, the patch is just broken. Think about it.

                                  Linus
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