Re: [PATCH -tip/master] x86: io-apic - restore_IO_APIC_setup NULLpointer quick fix

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Fri Sep 19 2008 - 06:00:26 EST


[Ingo Molnar - Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:05:20AM +0200]
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| * Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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| > Check if memory was granted first - we don't like NULL deref.
| > It's a *quick* fix. Actually it's better to hadle this error
| > at moment of memory allocation. It's save_mask_IO_APIC_setup
| > route who allocates this memory (just for the record).
| >
| > Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
| > ---
| >
| > I'll handle this in _normal_ way tomorrow. Please review.
|
| ok, i've applied the quick fix to tip/master - the patch will drop from
| there on the next integration run.
|
| Ingo
|

thanks Ingo, it seems there memory leak too. Handling...

- Cyrill -
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