Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: VM alloc bug fix and cleanup

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Mon Jan 27 2020 - 10:48:43 EST


Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Fix a (fairly) long standing NULL pointer dereference if VM allocation
> fails, and do a bit of clean up on top.
>
> I would have preferred to omit patch 01, i.e. fix the bug via patch 02,
> but unfortunately (long term support) kernel 4.19 doesn't have the
> accounting changes, which would make backporting the fix extra annoying
> for no real benefit.
>
> Sean Christopherson (3):
> KVM: x86: Gracefully handle __vmalloc() failure during VM allocation
> KVM: x86: Directly return __vmalloc() result in ->vm_alloc()
> KVM: x86: Consolidate VM allocation and free for VMX and SVM
>

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Vitaly