[PATCH for 2.6.23] [2/3] x86_64: Prevent doing anything from cache_remove_dev() when info setup failed.

[Andi Kleen]

AK: Removed the unlikelies because gcc heuristics default to unlikely for test
AK: == NULL and for negative returns.

Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int __cpuinit detect_cache_attrib
 
 	cpuid4_info[cpu] = kzalloc(
 	    sizeof(struct _cpuid4_info) * num_cache_leaves, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(cpuid4_info[cpu] == NULL))
+	if (cpuid4_info[cpu] == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	oldmask = current->cpus_allowed;
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ static void __cpuinit cache_remove_dev(s
 	unsigned int cpu = sys_dev->id;
 	unsigned long i;
 
+	if (cpuid4_info[cpu] == NULL)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_cache_leaves; i++) {
 		cache_remove_shared_cpu_map(cpu, i);
 		kobject_unregister(&(INDEX_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,i)->kobj));
-
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