linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: mmap: Check all failures before set values

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:32:13 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	gang.chen.5i5j@...com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
	riel@...hat.com, sasha.levin@...cle.com, gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: mmap: Check all failures before set values

On Mon 24-08-15 00:59:39, gang.chen.5i5j@...com wrote:
> From: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
> 
> When failure occurs and return, vma->vm_pgoff is already set, which is
> not a good idea.

Why? The vma is not inserted anywhere and the failure path is supposed
to simply free the vma.

> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 13 +++++++------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 8e0366e..b5a6f09 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2878,6 +2878,13 @@ int insert_vm_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	struct vm_area_struct *prev;
>  	struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent;
>  
> +	if (find_vma_links(mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> +			   &prev, &rb_link, &rb_parent))
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT) &&
> +	     security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, vma_pages(vma)))
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * The vm_pgoff of a purely anonymous vma should be irrelevant
>  	 * until its first write fault, when page's anon_vma and index
> @@ -2894,12 +2901,6 @@ int insert_vm_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		BUG_ON(vma->anon_vma);
>  		vma->vm_pgoff = vma->vm_start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>  	}
> -	if (find_vma_links(mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> -			   &prev, &rb_link, &rb_parent))
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT) &&
> -	     security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, vma_pages(vma)))
> -		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent);
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 1.9.3

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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