[092/101] kcore: fix test for end of list

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Nov 02 2011 - 21:47:22 EST


2.6.33-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 4fd2c20d964a8fb9861045f1022475c9d200d684 upstream.

"m" is never NULL here. We need a different test for the end of list
condition.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Leonardo Chiquitto <leonardo.lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use
}
read_unlock(&kclist_lock);

- if (m == NULL) {
+ if (&m->list == &kclist_head) {
if (clear_user(buffer, tsz))
return -EFAULT;
} else if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) {


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