linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remap_file_pages: initialize populate before usage

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 20:05:04 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remap_file_pages: initialize populate before usage

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 08:40:54AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> 'populate' wasn't initialized before being used in error paths,
> causing panics when mm_populate() would get called with invalid
> values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

> ---
>  mm/mmap.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 84dcfc7..2a0e0a8 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
>  
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> -	unsigned long populate;
> +	unsigned long populate = 0;
>  	unsigned long ret = -EINVAL;
>  
>  	pr_warn_once("%s (%d) uses deprecated remap_file_pages() syscall. "
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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