Re: [PATCH] cpumask: fix cpumask leak in partition_sched_domains

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Aug 06 2013 - 00:41:19 EST


Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If doms_new is NULL, partition_sched_domains() will reset ndoms_cur
>> to 0, and free old sched domains with free_sched_domains(doms_cur, ndoms_cur).
>> As ndoms_cur is 0, the cpumask will not be freed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Any comments? Cc'ed Rusty.

The code is a little convoluted, but your fix is logical.

>> ---
>> kernel/sched/core.c | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> index b7c32cb..3d6c57b 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> @@ -6184,8 +6184,9 @@ match1:
>> ;
>> }
>>
>> + n= ndoms_cur;

You're missing a ' ' here:
n = ndoms_cur;

>> if (doms_new == NULL) {
>> - ndoms_cur = 0;
>> + n = 0;
>> doms_new = &fallback_doms;
>> cpumask_andnot(doms_new[0], cpu_active_mask, cpu_isolated_map);
>> WARN_ON_ONCE(dattr_new);
>> @@ -6193,7 +6194,7 @@ match1:
>>
>> /* Build new domains */
>> for (i = 0; i < ndoms_new; i++) {
>> - for (j = 0; j < ndoms_cur && !new_topology; j++) {
>> + for (j = 0; j < n && !new_topology; j++) {
>> if (cpumask_equal(doms_new[i], doms_cur[j])
>> && dattrs_equal(dattr_new, i, dattr_cur, j))
>> goto match2;
>> --
>> 1.7.9.6 (Apple Git-31.1)
>>

Cheers,
Rusty.
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