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SubjectRe: [PATCH] pte_alloc_kernel needs additional check
Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org> wrote:
>
> This applies against 2.5.63.
> pte_alloc_kernel needs a check for pmd_present(*pmd) at the end.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Larson
>
> --- linux-2.5.63/mm/memory.c Mon Feb 24 13:05:31 2003
> +++ linux-2.5.63-fix/mm/memory.c Mon Feb 24 15:45:05 2003
> @@ -186,7 +186,9 @@
> pmd_populate_kernel(mm, pmd, new);
> }
> out:
> - return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
> + if (pmd_present(*pmd))
> + return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
> + return NULL;
> }
> #define PTE_TABLE_MASK ((PTRS_PER_PTE-1) * sizeof(pte_t))
> #define PMD_TABLE_MASK ((PTRS_PER_PMD-1) * sizeof(pmd_t))

Confused. I cannot see a codepath which makes this test necessary?


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