The patch titled
Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix mishandling of out of memory in poweroff
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff.patch
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From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix mishandling of out of memory in poweroff
Coverity 703573
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/sys.c~kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff kernel/sys.c
--- a/kernel/sys.c~kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff
+++ a/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2217,13 +2217,13 @@ int orderly_poweroff(bool force)
ret = call_usermodehelper_fns(argv[0], argv, envp, UMH_NO_WAIT,
NULL, argv_cleanup, NULL);
-out:
if (likely(!ret))
return 0;
if (ret == -ENOMEM)
argv_free(argv);
+out:
if (force) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to start orderly shutdown: "
"forcing the issue\n");
_
Subject: Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix mishandling of out of memory in poweroff
Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
fs-make-dumpable=2-require-fully-qualified-path.patch
coredump-warn-about-unsafe-suid_dumpable-core_pattern-combo.patch
kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff.patch
qla2xxx-print-the-right-array-elements.patch
fcoe-unsigned-long-can-never-be-negative.patch
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