The patch titled
mm/vmalloc.c: check kmalloc() return value
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-vmallocc-check-kmalloc-return-value.patch
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Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: check kmalloc() return value
From: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>
kmalloc() may fail, if so return -ENOMEM.
Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmallocc-check-kmalloc-return-value mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmallocc-check-kmalloc-return-value
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2494,8 +2494,11 @@ static int vmalloc_open(struct inode *in
unsigned int *ptr = NULL;
int ret;
- if (NUMA_BUILD)
+ if (NUMA_BUILD) {
ptr = kmalloc(nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (ptr == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
ret = seq_open(file, &vmalloc_op);
if (!ret) {
struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from segooon@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
mm-vmallocc-check-kmalloc-return-value.patch
i2o-fix-overflow-of-copy_to_user.patch
i2o-check-return-code-from-put_user.patch
edac-i5000-improve-handling-of-pci_enable_device-return-value.patch
edac-i5400-improve-handling-of-pci_enable_device-return-value.patch
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