linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hugetlbfs: fix error handling in init_hugetlbfs

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Message-ID: <49ec37c4-bb74-d0d2-1dee-00778e08b8cb@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:47:09 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hugetlbfs: fix error handling in init_hugetlbfs_fs()

Sorry for noise, left off David

On 10/17/19 5:08 PM, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Cc: David
> On 10/17/19 3:38 AM, Chengguang Xu wrote:
>> In order to avoid using incorrect mnt, we should set
>> mnt to NULL when we get error from mount_one_hugetlbfs().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
>> ---
>>  fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 9 ++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> index a478df035651..427d845e7706 100644
>> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> @@ -1470,9 +1470,12 @@ static int __init init_hugetlbfs_fs(void)
>>  	i = 0;
>>  	for_each_hstate(h) {
>>  		mnt = mount_one_hugetlbfs(h);
>> -		if (IS_ERR(mnt) && i == 0) {
>> -			error = PTR_ERR(mnt);
>> -			goto out;
>> +		if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
>> +			if (i == 0) {
>> +				error = PTR_ERR(mnt);
>> +				goto out;
>> +			}
>> +			mnt = NULL;
>>  		}
>>  		hugetlbfs_vfsmount[i] = mnt;
>>  		i++;
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> That should be fixed.  It was introduced with commit 32021982a324 ("hugetlbfs:
> Convert to fs_context").  
> 
> That commit also changed the condition for which init_hugetlbfs_fs() would
> 'error' and remove the inode cache.  Previously, it would do that if there
> was an error creating a mount for the default_hstate_idx hstate.  It now does
> that for the '0' hstate, and 0 is not always equal to default_hstate_idx.
> 
> David was that intentional or an oversight?  I can fix up, just wanted to
> make sure there was not some reason for the change.
> 


-- 
Mike Kravetz