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Lorenzo Stoakes 74874c5793 mm/mmap: correct error handling in mmap_region()
Commit f8d112a4e6 ("mm/mmap: avoid zeroing vma tree in mmap_region()")
changed how error handling is performed in mmap_region().

The error value defaults to -ENOMEM, but then gets reassigned immediately
to the result of vms_gather_munmap_vmas() if we are performing a MAP_FIXED
mapping over existing VMAs (and thus unmapping them).

This overwrites the error value, potentially clearing it.

After this, we invoke may_expand_vm() and possibly vm_area_alloc(), and
check to see if they failed. If they do so, then we perform error-handling
logic, but importantly, we do NOT update the error code.

This means that, if vms_gather_munmap_vmas() succeeds, but one of these
calls does not, the function will return indicating no error, but rather an
address value of zero, which is entirely incorrect.

Correct this and avoid future confusion by strictly setting error on each
and every occasion we jump to the error handling logic, and set the error
code immediately prior to doing so.

This way we can see at a glance that the error code is always correct.

Many thanks to Vegard Nossum who spotted this issue in discussion around
this problem.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241002073932.13482-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Fixes: f8d112a4e6 ("mm/mmap: avoid zeroing vma tree in mmap_region()")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2024-10-17 00:28:05 -07:00
arch powerpc fixes for 6.12 #4 2024-10-12 17:16:21 -07:00
block block-6.12-20241004 2024-10-04 10:43:44 -07:00
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kernel RCU fix for v6.12 2024-10-11 14:42:27 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.