From: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 13:41:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1462473704-10671-1-git-send-email-arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
Attempting to online memory which is already online will cause this:
1. store_mem_state() called with buf="online"
2. device_online() returns 1 because device is already online
3. store_mem_state() returns 1
4. calling code interprets this as 1-byte buffer read
5. store_mem_state() called again with buf="nline"
6. store_mem_state() returns -EINVAL
Example:
$ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
online
$ echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
Fix the return value of store_mem_state() so this doesn't happen.
Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 961e2cf..031950f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -359,9 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
err:
unlock_device_hotplug();
- if (ret)
- return ret;
- return count;
+ return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
}
/*
--
1.8.3.1
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2016-05-05 18:41 Reza Arbab [this message]
2016-05-05 18:56 ` [PATCH] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value Greg Kroah-Hartman
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