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* [PATCH] net: add error handling for kmem_cache_create
@ 2018-06-12  4:29 Zhouyang Jia
  2018-06-12  4:31 ` Eric Dumazet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Zhouyang Jia @ 2018-06-12  4:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: Zhouyang Jia, David S. Miller, Wei Wang, Martin KaFai Lau,
	Kees Cook, Eric Dumazet, Florian Westphal, Joe Perches,
	linux-decnet-user, netdev, linux-kernel

When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
cause unexpected results.

This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.

Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@gmail.com>
---
 net/decnet/dn_route.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index e747650..2b743c7 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1861,6 +1861,9 @@ void __init dn_route_init(void)
 	dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep =
 		kmem_cache_create("dn_dst_cache", sizeof(struct dn_route), 0,
 				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+	if (!dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep)
+		panic("Failed to create dn_dst_cache cache\n");
+
 	dst_entries_init(&dn_dst_ops);
 	timer_setup(&dn_route_timer, dn_dst_check_expire, 0);
 	dn_route_timer.expires = jiffies + decnet_dst_gc_interval * HZ;
-- 
2.7.4

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* Re: [PATCH] net: add error handling for kmem_cache_create
  2018-06-12  4:29 [PATCH] net: add error handling for kmem_cache_create Zhouyang Jia
@ 2018-06-12  4:31 ` Eric Dumazet
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2018-06-12  4:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zhouyang Jia
  Cc: David S. Miller, Wei Wang, Martin KaFai Lau, Kees Cook,
	Eric Dumazet, Florian Westphal, Joe Perches, linux-decnet-user,
	netdev, linux-kernel



On 06/11/2018 09:29 PM, Zhouyang Jia wrote:
> When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
> 
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/decnet/dn_route.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
> index e747650..2b743c7 100644
> --- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
> +++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
> @@ -1861,6 +1861,9 @@ void __init dn_route_init(void)
>  	dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep =
>  		kmem_cache_create("dn_dst_cache", sizeof(struct dn_route), 0,
>  				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
> +	if (!dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep)
> +		panic("Failed to create dn_dst_cache cache\n");
> +

Not needed, since SLAB_PANIC would have paniced the box earlier.

>  	dst_entries_init(&dn_dst_ops);
>  	timer_setup(&dn_route_timer, dn_dst_check_expire, 0);
>  	dn_route_timer.expires = jiffies + decnet_dst_gc_interval * HZ;
> 

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