linux-kernel - [PATCH] hv: hv_balloon: avoid memory leak on alloc

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Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:56:15 -0800
From:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de,
	apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com, kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:	haiyangz@...rosoft.com
Subject: [PATCH] hv: hv_balloon: avoid memory leak on alloc_error of 2MB memory block

If num_ballooned is not 0, we shouldn't neglect the already-allocated 2MB
memory block(s).

Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index 5e90c5d..cba2d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -1091,6 +1091,8 @@ static void balloon_up(struct work_struct *dummy)
 	bool done = false;
 	int i;
 
+	/* The host does balloon_up in 2MB. */
+	WARN_ON(num_pages % PAGES_IN_2M != 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * We will attempt 2M allocations. However, if we fail to
@@ -1111,7 +1113,7 @@ static void balloon_up(struct work_struct *dummy)
 						bl_resp, alloc_unit,
 						 &alloc_error);
 
-		if ((alloc_error) && (alloc_unit != 1)) {
+		if (alloc_error && (alloc_unit != 1) && num_ballooned == 0) {
 			alloc_unit = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
1.9.1

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