linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10 456/717] hugetlb: fix an error code in hugetlb_reserve

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:47:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 456/717] hugetlb: fix an error code in hugetlb_reserve_pages()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit 7fc2513aa237e2ce239ab54d7b04d1d79b317110 ]

Preserve the error code from region_add() instead of returning success.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/X9NGZWnZl5/Mt99R@mwanda
Fixes: 0db9d74ed884 ("hugetlb: disable region_add file_region coalescing")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index d029d938d26d6..3b38ea958e954 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5115,6 +5115,7 @@ int hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 
 		if (unlikely(add < 0)) {
 			hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_reserve);
+			ret = add;
 			goto out_put_pages;
 		} else if (unlikely(chg > add)) {
 			/*
-- 
2.27.0