mpol_to_str() may fail, and not fill the buffer (e.g. -EINVAL), so need check about it, or buffer may not be zero based, and next seq_printf() will cause issue. Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index e59d332..ae5112f 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -886,11 +886,14 @@ redirty: static int shmem_show_mpol(struct seq_file *seq, struct mempolicy *mpol) { char buffer[64]; + int ret; if (!mpol || mpol->mode == MPOL_DEFAULT) return 0; /* show nothing */ - mpol_to_str(buffer, sizeof(buffer), mpol); + ret = mpol_to_str(buffer, sizeof(buffer), mpol); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; seq_printf(seq, ",mpol=%s", buffer); return 0; -- 1.7.7.6 -- 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>