Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

2023-12-03 Thread Kunwu Chan
Sure,i'll follow your suggestion in v3 patch: 1. set new to NULL 2. add a 'if' judgment before 'kmem_cache_create' Thanks, Kunwu On 2023/12/1 18:17, Michael Ellerman wrote: avoid two calls to panic

Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

2023-12-01 Thread Michael Ellerman
Kunwu Chan writes: > kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory > which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful > by checking the pointer validity. > > Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy > Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman > Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan > --- >

[PATCH v2] powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

2023-11-30 Thread Kunwu Chan
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity. Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan --- v2: Use "panic" instead of "return"