If someone calls vb_alloc() (or vm_map_ram() for that matter) to allocate 0 bytes (0 pages), get_order() returns BITS_PER_LONG - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT and interesting stuff happens. So make debugging such problems easier and warn about 0-size allocation. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index 2aad499..bebee70 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -904,6 +904,15 @@ static void *vb_alloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask) BUG_ON(size & ~PAGE_MASK); BUG_ON(size > PAGE_SIZE*VMAP_MAX_ALLOC); + if (size == 0) { + /* + * Allocating 0 bytes isn't what caller wants since + * get_order(0) returns funny result. Just warn and terminate + * early. + */ + WARN_ON(1); + return NULL; + } order = get_order(size); again: -- 1.7.1 -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>