linux-kernel - [PATCH 53/88] md: raid0: fix error return from create_stripe

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Message-Id: <1363257381-15900-54-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:35:46 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 53/88] md: raid0: fix error return from create_stripe_zones.

3.5.7.8 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>

commit 58ebb34c49fcfcaa029e4b1c1453d92583900f9a upstream.

Create_stripe_zones returns an error slightly differently to
raid0_run and to raid0_takeover_*.

The error returned used by the second was wrong and an error would
result in mddev->private being set to NULL and sooner or later a
crash.

So never return NULL, return ERR_PTR(err), not NULL from
create_stripe_zones.

This bug has been present since 2.6.35 so the fix is suitable
for any kernel since then.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/md/raid0.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 08e1734..06a0257 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ abort:
 	kfree(conf->strip_zone);
 	kfree(conf->devlist);
 	kfree(conf);
-	*private_conf = NULL;
+	*private_conf = ERR_PTR(err);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.1.2

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