linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] mm: Add conditions to avoid out-of-bounds

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:27:26 +0000
From:   Nixiaoming <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
CC:     "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "vdavydov.dev@...il.com" <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
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        "stummala@...eaurora.org" <stummala@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] mm: Add conditions to avoid out-of-bounds

I'm very sorry. It was my mistake. 
it won't cross the border here.

Thanks 


-----Original Message-----
From: Michal Hocko [mailto:mhocko@...nel.org] 
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 7:20 PM
To: Nixiaoming <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org; vdavydov.dev@...il.com; hannes@...xchg.org; garsilva@...eddedor.com; ktkhai@...tuozzo.com; stummala@...eaurora.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Add conditions to avoid out-of-bounds

On Mon 04-06-18 18:37:35, nixiaoming wrote:
> In the function memcg_init_list_lru
> if call goto fail when i == 0, will cause out-of-bounds at lru->node[i]

How? All I can see is that the fail path does
	for (i = i - 1; i >= 0; i--)

so it will not do anything for i=0.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs