On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:16 AM, Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
>
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> index 63a1ca4..216b411 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> @@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ static int __init dnotify_init(void)
> dnotify_struct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_struct, SLAB_PANIC);
> dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
>
> + if (!dnotify_struct_cache || !dnotify_mark_cache)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
If only one failed need to free the other.
> dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops);
> if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group))
> panic("unable to allocate fsnotify group for dnotify\n");
> --
> 2.7.4
>
