[tip:x86/apic] x86: uv - prevent NULL dereference in uv_system_init()
From: tip-bot for Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Mon May 04 2009 - 12:59:30 EST
Commit-ID: 9a8709d44139748fe2e0ab56d20d8c384c8b65ad
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9a8709d44139748fe2e0ab56d20d8c384c8b65ad
Author: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sat, 2 May 2009 00:25:11 +0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20090501202511.GE4633@lenovo>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
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;
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