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hugetlb-check-the-return-value-of-string-conversion-in-sysctl-handler-fix
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hugetlb-check-the-return-value-of-string-conversion-in-sysctl-handler-fix.patch
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Subject: hugetlb-check-the-return-value-of-string-conversion-in-sysctl-handler-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
correctly propagate proc_doulongvec_minmax return code
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: CAI Qian <caiqian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-check-the-return-value-of-string-conversion-in-sysctl-handler-fix mm/hugetlb.c
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-check-the-return-value-of-string-conversion-in-sysctl-handler-fix
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1859,14 +1859,16 @@ static int hugetlb_sysctl_handler_common
{
struct hstate *h = &default_hstate;
unsigned long tmp;
+ int ret;
if (!write)
tmp = h->max_huge_pages;
table->data = &tmp;
table->maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long);
- if (proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos))
- return -EINVAL;
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
if (write) {
NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed,
@@ -1881,8 +1883,8 @@ static int hugetlb_sysctl_handler_common
if (nodes_allowed != &node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY])
NODEMASK_FREE(nodes_allowed);
}
-
- return 0;
+out:
+ return ret;
}
int hugetlb_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -1920,22 +1922,24 @@ int hugetlb_overcommit_handler(struct ct
{
struct hstate *h = &default_hstate;
unsigned long tmp;
+ int ret;
if (!write)
tmp = h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages;
table->data = &tmp;
table->maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long);
- if (proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos))
- return -EINVAL;
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
if (write) {
spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages = tmp;
spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
}
-
- return 0;
+out:
+ return ret;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
_
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