Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 May 2016 11:56:36 -0700 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value |
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On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 01:41:44PM -0500, Reza Arbab wrote: > Attempting to online memory which is already online will cause this: > > 1. store_mem_state() called with buf="online" > 2. device_online() returns 1 because device is already online > 3. store_mem_state() returns 1 > 4. calling code interprets this as 1-byte buffer read > 5. store_mem_state() called again with buf="nline" > 6. store_mem_state() returns -EINVAL > > Example: > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state > online > $ echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state > -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument > > Fix the return value of store_mem_state() so this doesn't happen. > > Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/base/memory.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c > index 961e2cf..031950f 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/memory.c > +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c > @@ -359,9 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev, > err: > unlock_device_hotplug(); > > - if (ret) > - return ret; > - return count; > + return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
Please spell this out as a real if () statement, it's very hard to now see if you really did change the logic here or not.
Hint, it's only a 1 line patch that way, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
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