The patch titled Subject: mm: slub: fix conversion of freelist_corrupted() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-slub-fix-conversion-of-freelist_corrupted.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-slub-fix-conversion-of-freelist_corrupted.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-slub-fix-conversion-of-freelist_corrupted.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: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: slub: fix conversion of freelist_corrupted() Commit 52f23478081ae0 ("mm/slub.c: fix corrupted freechain in deactivate_slab()") suffered an update when picked up from LKML [1]. Specifically, relocating 'freelist = NULL' into 'freelist_corrupted()' created a no-op statement. Fix it by sticking to the behavior intended in the original patch [1]. In addition, make freelist_corrupted() immune to passing NULL instead of &freelist. The issue has been spotted via static analysis and code review. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20200331031450.12182-1-dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200824130643.10291-1-erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 52f23478081ae0 ("mm/slub.c: fix corrupted freechain in deactivate_slab()") Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-slub-fix-conversion-of-freelist_corrupted +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -672,12 +672,12 @@ static void slab_fix(struct kmem_cache * } static bool freelist_corrupted(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, - void *freelist, void *nextfree) + void **freelist, void *nextfree) { if ((s->flags & SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS) && - !check_valid_pointer(s, page, nextfree)) { - object_err(s, page, freelist, "Freechain corrupt"); - freelist = NULL; + !check_valid_pointer(s, page, nextfree) && freelist) { + object_err(s, page, *freelist, "Freechain corrupt"); + *freelist = NULL; slab_fix(s, "Isolate corrupted freechain"); return true; } @@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static inline void dec_slabs_node(struct int objects) {} static bool freelist_corrupted(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, - void *freelist, void *nextfree) + void **freelist, void *nextfree) { return false; } @@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_ * 'freelist' is already corrupted. So isolate all objects * starting at 'freelist'. */ - if (freelist_corrupted(s, page, freelist, nextfree)) + if (freelist_corrupted(s, page, &freelist, nextfree)) break; do { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-slub-fix-conversion-of-freelist_corrupted.patch