linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.10 092/129] ceph: improve error handling in ceph_mdsmap

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Date:	Mon,  6 Jan 2014 14:38:41 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>,
	Sage Weil <sage@...tank.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.10 092/129] ceph: improve error handling in ceph_mdsmap_decode

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

------------------

From: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>

commit c213b50b7dcbf06abcfbf1e4eee5b76586718bd9 upstream.

This patch makes the following improvements to the error handling
in the ceph_mdsmap_decode function:

- Add a NULL check for return value from kcalloc
- Make use of the variable err

Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@...tank.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/ceph/mdsmap.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(v
 				m->m_info[mds].export_targets =
 					kcalloc(num_export_targets, sizeof(u32),
 						GFP_NOFS);
+				if (m->m_info[mds].export_targets == NULL)
+					goto badmem;
 				for (j = 0; j < num_export_targets; j++)
 					m->m_info[mds].export_targets[j] =
 					       ceph_decode_32(&pexport_targets);
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ bad:
 		       DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
 		       start, end - start, true);
 	ceph_mdsmap_destroy(m);
-	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 void ceph_mdsmap_destroy(struct ceph_mdsmap *m)


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