[PATCH 2/2] lib/btree: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference
From: Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed May 12 2010 - 17:18:33 EST
mempool_alloc can return null in atomic case.
Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/lib/btree.c b/lib/btree.c
index 41859a8..542c904 100644
--- a/lib/btree.c
+++ b/lib/btree.c
@@ -95,7 +94,8 @@ static unsigned long *btree_node_alloc(struct btree_head *head, gfp_t gfp)
unsigned long *node;
node = mempool_alloc(head->mempool, gfp);
- memset(node, 0, NODESIZE);
+ if (likely(node))
+ memset(node, 0, NODESIZE);
return node;
}
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