linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] inotify: add error handling for kmem_cache

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:41:54 +0800
From:   "cgxu519@....com" <cgxu519@....com>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
Cc:     "cgxu519@....com" <cgxu519@....com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inotify: add error handling for kmem_cache_create


> 在 2018年6月12日，下午12:22，Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com> 写道：
> 
> When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
> 
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.

I think SLAB_PANIC can handle this case.

Thanks,
Chengguang.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
> ---
> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> index ef32f36..0704bab 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> @@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ static int __init inotify_user_setup(void)
> 	BUG_ON(hweight32(ALL_INOTIFY_BITS) != 21);
> 
> 	inotify_inode_mark_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_inode_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
> +	if (!inotify_inode_mark_cachep)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> 	inotify_max_queued_events = 16384;
> 	init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_INSTANCES] = 128;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>