Attempting to online memory which is already online will cause this: 1. store_mem_state() called with buf="online" 2. device_online() returns 1 because device is already online 3. store_mem_state() returns 1 4. calling code interprets this as 1-byte buffer read 5. store_mem_state() called again with buf="nline" 6. store_mem_state() returns -EINVAL Example: $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state online $ echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument Fix the return value of store_mem_state() so this doesn't happen. Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Andrew et al, Greg asked that this come in through the -mm tree, as you know this code better than him. drivers/base/memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c index 1cea0ba..8e385ea 100644 --- a/drivers/base/memory.c +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev, err: unlock_device_hotplug(); - if (ret) + if (ret < 0) return ret; return count; } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>