Re: [PATCH] afs: kstrdup() memory handling

From: Jeff Epler
Date: Sat Mar 21 2015 - 17:03:04 EST


On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 01:13:59PM -0400, Sanidhya Kashyap wrote:
> Handling kstrdup() failure in case of memory pressure even
> for new_opts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sanidhya Kashyap <sanidhya.gatech@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jeff Epler <jepler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> fs/afs/super.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
> index c486155..477f38e 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/super.c
> @@ -360,10 +360,13 @@ static struct dentry *afs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
> struct key *key;
> char *new_opts = kstrdup(options, GFP_KERNEL);
> struct afs_super_info *as;
> - int ret;
> + int ret = -ENOMEM;
>
> _enter(",,%s,%p", dev_name, options);
>
> + if (!new_opts)
> + goto error_out;
> +
> memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
>
> ret = -EINVAL;
> @@ -441,6 +444,7 @@ error:
> afs_put_cell(params.cell);
> key_put(params.key);
> kfree(new_opts);
> +error_out:
> _leave(" = %d", ret);
> return ERR_PTR(ret);
> }
> --
> 2.1.0
>
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