[merged] xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch removed from -mm tree

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Subject: [merged] xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch removed from -mm tree
To: kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,chris@xxxxxxxxxx,jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:07:46 -0800


The patch titled
     Subject: xtensa: fix potential NULL-pointer dereference
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

------------------------------------------------------
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: xtensa: fix potential NULL-pointer dereference

Add missing check for memory allocation fail.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h~xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h~xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference
+++ a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kerne
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					unsigned long addr)
 {
+	pte_t *pte;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	page = virt_to_page(pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, addr));
+	pte = pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, addr);
+	if (!pte)
+		return NULL;
+	page = virt_to_page(pte);
 	pgtable_page_ctor(page);
 	return page;
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
x86-mm-get-aslr-work-for-hugetlb-mappings.patch
mm-drop-actor-argument-of-do_generic_file_read-fix.patch

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