Re: [PATCH] fanotify: add error handling for kmem_cache_create

[Amir Goldstein]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:19 AM, Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
>
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> index ec4d8c5..e3fa861 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> @@ -959,9 +959,14 @@ static int __init fanotify_user_setup(void)
>  {
>         fanotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
>         fanotify_event_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(fanotify_event_info, SLAB_PANIC);
> +       if (!fanotify_mark_cache || !fanotify_event_cachep)
> +               return -ENOMEM;

If only one failed need to free the other.

> +
>         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS)) {
>                 fanotify_perm_event_cachep =
>                         KMEM_CACHE(fanotify_perm_event_info, SLAB_PANIC);
> +               if (!fanotify_perm_event_cachep)
> +                       return -ENOMEM;

here as well.
best implement as goto fail

>         }
>
>         return 0;

fail:
           if (fanotify_mark_cache)
                            kmem_cache_destroy(fanotify_mark_cache);
           ...
           return -ENOMEM;

Thanks,
Amir.