linux-mm.kvack.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH] mm/ksm: return NULL when doesn't get mergeable page
@ 2013-09-16 12:41 Jianguo Wu
  2013-09-19  8:33 ` Petr Holasek
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jianguo Wu @ 2013-09-16 12:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Hugh Dickins, Mel Gorman, linux-mm, linux-kernel

In get_mergeable_page() local variable page is not initialized,
it may hold a garbage value, when find_mergeable_vma() return NULL,
get_mergeable_page() may return a garbage value to the caller.

So initialize page as NULL.

Signed-off-by: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@huawei.com>
---
 mm/ksm.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index b6afe0c..87efbae 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
 	unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
 
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, addr);
-- 
1.7.1


--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] mm/ksm: return NULL when doesn't get mergeable page
  2013-09-16 12:41 [PATCH] mm/ksm: return NULL when doesn't get mergeable page Jianguo Wu
@ 2013-09-19  8:33 ` Petr Holasek
  2013-09-22  0:54   ` Jianguo Wu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Petr Holasek @ 2013-09-19  8:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jianguo Wu
  Cc: Andrew Morton, Hugh Dickins, Mel Gorman, linux-mm, linux-kernel

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Jianguo Wu wrote:
> In get_mergeable_page() local variable page is not initialized,
> it may hold a garbage value, when find_mergeable_vma() return NULL,
> get_mergeable_page() may return a garbage value to the caller.
> 
> So initialize page as NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@huawei.com>
> ---
>  mm/ksm.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index b6afe0c..87efbae 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
>  	unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address;
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> -	struct page *page;
> +	struct page *page = NULL;
>  
>  	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, addr);
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 

When find_mergeable_vma returned NULL, NULL is assigned to page in "out"
statement.

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] mm/ksm: return NULL when doesn't get mergeable page
  2013-09-19  8:33 ` Petr Holasek
@ 2013-09-22  0:54   ` Jianguo Wu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jianguo Wu @ 2013-09-22  0:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Petr Holasek
  Cc: Andrew Morton, Hugh Dickins, Mel Gorman, linux-mm, linux-kernel

On 2013/9/19 16:33, Petr Holasek wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Jianguo Wu wrote:
>> In get_mergeable_page() local variable page is not initialized,
>> it may hold a garbage value, when find_mergeable_vma() return NULL,
>> get_mergeable_page() may return a garbage value to the caller.
>>
>> So initialize page as NULL.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  mm/ksm.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
>> index b6afe0c..87efbae 100644
>> --- a/mm/ksm.c
>> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
>> @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
>>  	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
>>  	unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address;
>>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>> -	struct page *page;
>> +	struct page *page = NULL;
>>  
>>  	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>>  	vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, addr);
>> -- 
>> 1.7.1
>>
> 
> When find_mergeable_vma returned NULL, NULL is assigned to page in "out"
> statement.
> 

Oh, yes, thanks, Petr.

> 



--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2013-09-22  0:55 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2013-09-16 12:41 [PATCH] mm/ksm: return NULL when doesn't get mergeable page Jianguo Wu
2013-09-19  8:33 ` Petr Holasek
2013-09-22  0:54   ` Jianguo Wu

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).