NULL check at line 1226: if (!pgdat), implies that pointer pgdat might be NULL. Function rollback_node_hotadd() dereference this pointer. Add NULL check to avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1369133 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 599c675..ea3bc3e 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, bool online) error: /* rollback pgdat allocation and others */ - if (new_pgdat) + if (new_pgdat && pgdat) rollback_node_hotadd(nid, pgdat); memblock_remove(start, size); -- 2.5.0 -- 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>