[PATCH] Unchecked alloc_percpu() return in __create_workqueue()

__create_workqueue() not checking return of alloc_percpu()

NULL dereference was possible.

Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <bcollins@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Ben Collins 2006-01-08 01:03:04 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 9fa37fd162
commit 676121fcb6

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@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name,
return NULL;
wq->cpu_wq = alloc_percpu(struct cpu_workqueue_struct);
if (!wq->cpu_wq) {
kfree(wq);
return NULL;
}
wq->name = name;
/* We don't need the distraction of CPUs appearing and vanishing. */
lock_cpu_hotplug();