linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: VM alloc bug fix and cleanup

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:48:34 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: VM alloc bug fix and cleanup

Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> writes:

> Fix a (fairly) long standing NULL pointer dereference if VM allocation
> fails, and do a bit of clean up on top.
>
> I would have preferred to omit patch 01, i.e. fix the bug via patch 02,
> but unfortunately (long term support) kernel 4.19 doesn't have the
> accounting changes, which would make backporting the fix extra annoying
> for no real benefit.
>
> Sean Christopherson (3):
>   KVM: x86: Gracefully handle __vmalloc() failure during VM allocation
>   KVM: x86: Directly return __vmalloc() result in ->vm_alloc()
>   KVM: x86: Consolidate VM allocation and free for VMX and SVM
>

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

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Vitaly