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;
prev 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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