From: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: move 'area->pages' after if statement If !area->pages statement is true where memory allocation fails, area is freed. In this case 'area->pages = pages' should not executed. So move 'area->pages = pages' after if statement. [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: give area->pages the same treatment] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190830035716.GA190684@LGEARND20B15 Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Cc: Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@xxxxxxx> Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-move-area-pages-after-if-statement +++ a/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -2409,7 +2409,6 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct nr_pages = get_vm_area_size(area) >> PAGE_SHIFT; array_size = (nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *)); - area->nr_pages = nr_pages; /* Please note that the recursion is strictly bounded. */ if (array_size > PAGE_SIZE) { pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, nested_gfp|highmem_mask, @@ -2417,13 +2416,16 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct } else { pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node); } - area->pages = pages; - if (!area->pages) { + + if (!pages) { remove_vm_area(area->addr); kfree(area); return NULL; } + area->pages = pages; + area->nr_pages = nr_pages; + for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++) { struct page *page; _