linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpumask: fix cpumask leak in partition_sched

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Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:31:38 +0800
From:	Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpumask: fix cpumask leak in partition_sched_domains

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com> wrote:
> If doms_new is NULL, partition_sched_domains() will reset ndoms_cur
> to 0, and free old sched domains with free_sched_domains(doms_cur, ndoms_cur).
> As ndoms_cur is 0, the cpumask will not be freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org

Any comments? Cc'ed Rusty.

> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c |    5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index b7c32cb..3d6c57b 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -6184,8 +6184,9 @@ match1:
>                 ;
>         }
>
> +       n= ndoms_cur;
>         if (doms_new == NULL) {
> -               ndoms_cur = 0;
> +               n = 0;
>                 doms_new = &fallback_doms;
>                 cpumask_andnot(doms_new[0], cpu_active_mask, cpu_isolated_map);
>                 WARN_ON_ONCE(dattr_new);
> @@ -6193,7 +6194,7 @@ match1:
>
>         /* Build new domains */
>         for (i = 0; i < ndoms_new; i++) {
> -               for (j = 0; j < ndoms_cur && !new_topology; j++) {
> +               for (j = 0; j < n && !new_topology; j++) {
>                         if (cpumask_equal(doms_new[i], doms_cur[j])
>                             && dattrs_equal(dattr_new, i, dattr_cur, j))
>                                 goto match2;
> --
> 1.7.9.6 (Apple Git-31.1)
>
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