linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] infiniband: i40iw: fix potential NULL pointer dereferences

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Date:   Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:31:25 +0000
From:   "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
CC:     "pakki001@....edu" <pakki001@....edu>,
        "Latif, Faisal" <faisal.latif@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] infiniband: i40iw: fix potential NULL pointer
 dereferences

>Subject: [PATCH] infiniband: i40iw: fix potential NULL pointer dereferences
>
>alloc_ordered_workqueue may fail and return NULL.
>The fix captures the failure and handles it properly to avoid potential NULL pointer
>dereferences.
>
>Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
>---
>V2: add return value to capture the error code
>
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw.h      |  2 +-
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c   | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c |  5 ++++-
> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[....]

>a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
>index 206cfb0016f8..dda24f44239b 100644
>--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
>+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c
>@@ -3237,7 +3237,7 @@ void i40iw_receive_ilq(struct i40iw_sc_vsi *vsi, struct
>i40iw_puda_buf *rbuf)
>  * core
>  * @iwdev: iwarp device structure
>  */
>-void i40iw_setup_cm_core(struct i40iw_device *iwdev)
>+int i40iw_setup_cm_core(struct i40iw_device *iwdev)
> {
> 	struct i40iw_cm_core *cm_core = &iwdev->cm_core;
>
>@@ -3256,9 +3256,20 @@ void i40iw_setup_cm_core(struct i40iw_device *iwdev)
>
> 	cm_core->event_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("iwewq",
> 						    WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
>+	if (!cm_core->event_wq)
>+		goto error;
>
> 	cm_core->disconn_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("iwdwq",
> 						      WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
>+	if (!cm_core->disconn_wq)
>+		goto error;
>+
>+	return 0;
>+error:
>+	i40iw_cleanup_cm_core(&iwdev->cm_core);
>+	i40iw_pr_err("fail to setup CM core");
>+
>+	return return -ENOMEM;

please fix :)

> }
>