linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] locktorture: Fix NULL pointer when torture

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:51:55 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	"Guohanjun (Hanjun Guo)" <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locktorture: Fix NULL pointer when torture_type is
 invalid

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 10:10:52AM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2016/3/7 21:37, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 03:02:05PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2016/3/7 13:40, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2016, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> >>>> On 2016/3/3 16:36, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> +    /*
> >>>>> +     * Indicates early cleanup, meaning that the test has not run,
> >>>>> +     * such as when passing bogus args when loading the module. As
> >>>>> +     * such, only perform the underlying torture-specific cleanups,
> >>>>> +     * and avoid anything related to locktorture.
> >>>>> +     */
> >>>>> +    if (!cxt.lwsa)
> >>>>> +        goto end;
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry for the late response, the cxt.lrsa should be taken into account too.
> >>>
> >>> I am taking it into account, note that we kfree lwsa if lrsa fails memory
> >>> allocation. Of course we should be defensive, so go ahead and explicitly set
> >>> it to nil. v2 below, otherwise same patch.
> >>
> >> This one looks good, and tested on my board.
> > 
> > Very good!  May we add your Tested-by?
> 
> Sure, please.

Thank you, Kefeng!

Davidlohr, I tried applying your patches and got conflicts.  Could you
please port them to -rcu and send me clean versions?

							Thanx, Paul