Hi Marc,
On 19/03/18 14:46, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 19/03/18 09:20, Eric Auger wrote:
>> in case kvm_vgic_map_resources() fails, typically if the vgic
>> distributor is not defined, __kvm_vgic_destroy will be called
>> several times. Indeed kvm_vgic_map_resources() is called on
>> first vcpu run. As a result dist->spis is freeed twice and on
>> the second time it causes a "kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3912!"
>>
>> This patch avoids freeing dist->spis twice.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 5 ++++-
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
>> index 743ca5c..38fd5f1 100644
>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
>> @@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ static void kvm_vgic_dist_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
>> dist->ready = false;
>> dist->initialized = false;
>>
>> - kfree(dist->spis);
>> + if (dist->spis) {
>> + kfree(dist->spis);
>> + dist->spis = NULL;
>> + }
>
> Given that kfree(NULL) is always a valid thing to do, you could write
> the same thing just as
>
> dist-> spis = NULL;
>
> without any test.
sure
>
>> dist->nr_spis = 0;
>>
>> if (vgic_supports_direct_msis(kvm))
>>
>
> You also may want to add a Fixes tag to it.
OK
Thanks
Eric
>
> Thanks,
>
> M.
>
