kmalloc for flush_words resulted in zero size allocation when no
k8_northbridges existed. Short circuit the code path for this case.
Also remove uneeded zeroing of num_k8_northbridges just after checking
if it is zero.
Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <[email protected]>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
index bc11b32..7377ccb 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ int cache_k8_northbridges(void)
{
int i;
struct pci_dev *dev;
+
if (num_k8_northbridges)
return 0;
- num_k8_northbridges = 0;
dev = NULL;
while ((dev = next_k8_northbridge(dev)) != NULL)
num_k8_northbridges++;
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ int cache_k8_northbridges(void)
if (!k8_northbridges)
return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!num_k8_northbridges) {
+ k8_northbridges[0] = NULL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
flush_words = kmalloc(num_k8_northbridges * sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!flush_words) {
kfree(k8_northbridges);
--
Ubuntu : http://www.ubuntu.com/
Linux1394: http://wiki.linux1394.org/
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
