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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] slab, kmemleak, bugfix, pass the correct pointer to kmemleak_erase()
Catalin Marinas wrote:
> "J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>> In ____cache_alloc(), the variable 'ac' may be changed after
>> cache_alloc_refill() and the following kmemleak_erase() may get an
>> incorrect pointer.
>> Update 'ac' after cache_alloc_refill() unconditionally.
>> cf. http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125873373124187&w=2
>> and its thread.
>>
>> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
>> ---
>> mm/slab.c | 5 +++++
>> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
>> index 4e61449..66e9047 100644
>> --- a/mm/slab.c
>> +++ b/mm/slab.c
>> @@ -3103,6 +3103,11 @@ static inline void *____cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
>> } else {
>> STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(cachep);
>> objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags);
>> + /*
>> + * the 'ac' may be updated by cache_alloc_refill(),
>> + * and kmemleak_erase() requires its correct value.
>> + */
>> + ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep);
>> }
>> /*
>> * To avoid a false negative, if an object that is in one of the
>
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
>
> Thanks.

Applied, thanks!


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