The patch titled
Subject: mm/backing-dev.c: fix error path in wb_init()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-backing-devc-fix-error-path-in-wb_init.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/backing-dev.c: fix error path in wb_init()
We need to use post-decrement to get percpu_counter_destroy() called on
&wb->stat[0]. Moreover, the pre-decremebt would cause infinite
out-of-bounds accesses if the setup code failed at i==0.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/backing-dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN mm/backing-dev.c~mm-backing-devc-fix-error-path-in-wb_init mm/backing-dev.c
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c~mm-backing-devc-fix-error-path-in-wb_init
+++ a/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int wb_init(struct bdi_writeback
return 0;
out_destroy_stat:
- while (--i)
+ while (i--)
percpu_counter_destroy(&wb->stat[i]);
fprop_local_destroy_percpu(&wb->completions);
out_put_cong:
_
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