The patch titled Subject: mm/memory.c: check return value of ioremap_prot has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-bugfix-check-return-value-of-ioremap_prot.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-bugfix-check-return-value-of-ioremap_prot.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-bugfix-check-return-value-of-ioremap_prot.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: chen jie <chen jie@chenjie6@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory.c: check return value of ioremap_prot ioremap_prot() can return NULL which could lead to an oops. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533195441-58594-1-git-send-email-chenjie6@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: chen jie <chenjie6@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: chenjie <chenjie6@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-bugfix-check-return-value-of-ioremap_prot +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -4401,6 +4401,9 @@ int generic_access_phys(struct vm_area_s return -EINVAL; maddr = ioremap_prot(phys_addr, PAGE_ALIGN(len + offset), prot); + if (!maddr) + return -ENOMEM; + if (write) memcpy_toio(maddr + offset, buf, len); else _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from chenjie6@xxxxxxxxxx are -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html