The patch titled
Subject: lib: list_sort_test(): add extra corruption check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check.patch
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib: list_sort_test(): add extra corruption check
Add a check to make sure that the prev pointer of the list head points
to the last element on the list.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Don Mullis <don.mullis@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/list_sort.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff -puN lib/list_sort.c~lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check lib/list_sort.c
--- a/lib/list_sort.c~lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check
+++ a/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ static int __init list_sort_test(void)
}
count++;
}
+ if (head.prev != cur) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "list_sort_test: error: list is corrupted\n");
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
if (count != TEST_LIST_LEN) {
printk(KERN_ERR "list_sort_test: error: bad list length %d",
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
lib-list_sort_test-return-enomem-when-allocation-fails.patch
lib-list_sort_test-add-extra-corruption-check.patch
lib-list_sort_test-simplify-and-harden-cleanup.patch
checkpatchpl-also-suggest-else-if-when-if-follows-brace.patch
linux-next.patch
lib-list_sortc-limit-number-of-unused-cmp-callbacks.patch
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