Re: [patch] exofs: confusion between kmap() and kmap_atomic() api

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon May 10 2010 - 12:16:05 EST


On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 01:16:38PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On 05/07/2010 12:05 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > For kmap_atomic() we call kunmap_atomic() on the returned pointer.
> > That's different from kmap() and kunmap() and so it's easy to get them
> > backwards.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> Thank you Dan, I'll push it ASAP.
>
> Looks like a bad bug. So this is actually a leak, right? kunmap_atomic
> would detect the bad pointer and do nothing?
>

I've looked at it, and I think you're right but I'm not the guy to ask...

I saw somenoe else fixing these and wrote a smatch check is all. I'm at
the "Monkey see, monkey do" level of kernel hacking.

regards,
dan carpenter


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