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From: tip-bot for Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
	gorcunov@openvz.org, steiner@sgi.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	gorcunov@gmail.com, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/apic] x86: uv - prevent NULL dereference in uv_system_init()
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:58:18 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-9a8709d44139748fe2e0ab56d20d8c384c8b65ad@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090501202511.GE4633@lenovo>

Commit-ID:  9a8709d44139748fe2e0ab56d20d8c384c8b65ad
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9a8709d44139748fe2e0ab56d20d8c384c8b65ad
Author:     Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 2 May 2009 00:25:11 +0400
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 3 May 2009 10:49:31 +0200

x86: uv - prevent NULL dereference in uv_system_init()

We may reach NULL dereference oops if kmalloc failed.
Prevent it with explicit BUG_ON.

[ Impact: more controlled assert in 'impossible' scenario ]

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090501202511.GE4633@lenovo>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
index 873bf71..9d9e228 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -569,15 +569,18 @@ void __init uv_system_init(void)
 
 	bytes = sizeof(struct uv_blade_info) * uv_num_possible_blades();
 	uv_blade_info = kmalloc(bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(!uv_blade_info);
 
 	get_lowmem_redirect(&lowmem_redir_base, &lowmem_redir_size);
 
 	bytes = sizeof(uv_node_to_blade[0]) * num_possible_nodes();
 	uv_node_to_blade = kmalloc(bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(!uv_node_to_blade);
 	memset(uv_node_to_blade, 255, bytes);
 
 	bytes = sizeof(uv_cpu_to_blade[0]) * num_possible_cpus();
 	uv_cpu_to_blade = kmalloc(bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(!uv_cpu_to_blade);
 	memset(uv_cpu_to_blade, 255, bytes);
 
 	blade = 0;

      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-04 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-01 19:56 [PATCH -tip] x86: uv - prevent NULL dereference in uv_system_init Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-01 20:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-01 20:09   ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-01 20:25     ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-01 20:31       ` Jack Steiner
2009-05-03  8:48         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-03  9:01           ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03  9:09           ` David Rientjes
2009-05-03  9:38             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03  9:53               ` David Rientjes
2009-05-03  9:59             ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-03 12:12               ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03 12:27                 ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-03 14:38                   ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03 16:54                     ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-03 17:23                       ` introducing __GFP_PANIC Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03 17:38                         ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-03 17:49                           ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03 20:45                           ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-03 20:58                             ` David Rientjes
2009-05-04  8:14                               ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04  8:32                                 ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-04  8:49                                   ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04  9:56                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-04  9:08                                   ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04  9:57                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-04 10:01                                       ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04 10:11                                         ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04 10:33                                           ` Pekka Enberg
2009-05-04 10:52                                             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04 10:56                                           ` David Rientjes
2009-05-04 11:10                                             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-05-04 16:58       ` tip-bot for Cyrill Gorcunov [this message]

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