[patch] blk-mq: zero out ctx_map during initialization

From: Jeff Moyer
Date: Mon Oct 21 2013 - 13:57:25 EST


Hi,

ctx_map may contain random garbage, leading to (potentially chronic but
harmless) false positives in blk_mq_hctx_has_pending.

Note: I have not observed this in practice, just by code inspection.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 923e9e1..e9be5ed 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q,
break;

num_maps = ALIGN(nr_cpu_ids, BITS_PER_LONG) / BITS_PER_LONG;
- hctx->ctx_map = kmalloc_node(num_maps * sizeof(unsigned long),
+ hctx->ctx_map = kzalloc_node(num_maps * sizeof(unsigned long),
GFP_KERNEL, node);
if (!hctx->ctx_map)
break;
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