Re: [PATCH 2/3] memcgroup: fix typo in VM_BUG_ON()

From: Li Zefan
Date: Mon Feb 18 2008 - 01:48:48 EST


Balbir Singh wrote:
> YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>>> Li Zefan wrote:
>>>> No need for VM_BUG_ON(pc), since 'pc' is the list entry. This should
>>>> be VM_BUG_ON(page).
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> pc is of type page_cgroup and we use list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse. Not sure
>>> why we can't bug on pc.
>> pc is dereferenced before this VM_BUG_ON.
>>
>> YAMAMOTO Takashi
>>
>
> OK, so the VM_BUG_ON needs to move to an earlier location. Agreed.
>

No, 'pc' has been dereferenced in list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse().


#define list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(pos, n, head, member) \
for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member), \
n = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member); \
^^^^^^^^^^^
&pos->member != (head); \
^^^^^^^^^^^
pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.prev, typeof(*n), member))

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