[Patch] mm/sparse.c: Check the return value of sparse_index_alloc().

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Since sparse_index_alloc() can return NULL on memory allocation failure,
we must deal with the failure condition when calling it.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>

---

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e06f514..d245e59 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int __meminit sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	section = sparse_index_alloc(nid);
+	if (!section)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	/*
 	 * This lock keeps two different sections from
 	 * reallocating for the same index
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