linux-kernel - [patch] uprobes: add_utask() returns an ERR

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Date:	Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:17:16 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] uprobes: add_utask() returns an ERR_PTR() not NULL

We need to check for IS_ERR() here (add_utask() never returns NULL).

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/kernel/uprobes.c b/kernel/uprobes.c
index 2493191..3360057 100644
--- a/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -1387,8 +1387,10 @@ void uprobe_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (!utask) {
 			utask = add_utask();
 			/* Cannot Allocate; re-execute the instruction. */
-			if (!utask)
+			if (IS_ERR(utask)) {
+				utask = NULL;
 				goto cleanup_ret;
+			}
 		}
 		utask->active_uprobe = u;
 		handler_chain(u, regs);
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