Re: [PATCH] mm/sparse: Add the missing sparse_buffer_fini() in error branch

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Mar 25 2021 - 08:46:30 EST


On 25.03.21 12:31, Wang Wensheng wrote:
sparse_buffer_init() and sparse_buffer_fini() should appear in pair, or
a WARN issue would be through the next time sparse_buffer_init() runs.

Add the missing sparse_buffer_fini() in error branch.

Fixes: 85c77f791390 ("mm/sparse: add new sparse_init_nid() and sparse_init()")
Signed-off-by: Wang Wensheng <wangwensheng4@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/sparse.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 7bd23f9..33406ea 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
pr_err("%s: node[%d] memory map backing failed. Some memory will not be available.",
__func__, nid);
pnum_begin = pnum;
+ sparse_buffer_fini();
goto failed;
}
check_usemap_section_nr(nid, usage);


Did you actually manage to reproduce this? I would have thought that __populate_section_memmap() barely fails during boot ...


Anyhow, looks like the right think to do to me

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb