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* [PATCH v2] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value
@ 2016-05-05 19:07 Reza Arbab
  2016-05-26 14:43 ` Reza Arbab
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 24+ messages in thread
From: Reza Arbab @ 2016-05-05 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-kernel

Attempting to online memory which is already online will cause this:

1. store_mem_state() called with buf="online"
2. device_online() returns 1 because device is already online
3. store_mem_state() returns 1
4. calling code interprets this as 1-byte buffer read
5. store_mem_state() called again with buf="nline"
6. store_mem_state() returns -EINVAL

Example:

$ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
online
$ echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

Fix the return value of store_mem_state() so this doesn't happen.

Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/base/memory.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 961e2cf..eebd9a8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
 err:
 	unlock_device_hotplug();
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	return count;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1

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2016-05-05 19:07 [PATCH v2] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value Reza Arbab
2016-05-26 14:43 ` Reza Arbab
2016-05-26 15:34   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-05-26 15:35     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-08-31 12:21   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-08-31 14:37     ` Reza Arbab
2016-08-31 15:01       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-08-31 15:44         ` [RESEND PATCH " Reza Arbab
2016-08-31 15:44           ` Reza Arbab
2016-08-31 20:25           ` Andrew Morton
2016-08-31 20:25             ` Andrew Morton
2016-08-31 21:06             ` David Rientjes
2016-08-31 21:06               ` David Rientjes
2016-08-31 23:38               ` Reza Arbab
2016-08-31 23:38                 ` Reza Arbab
2016-09-01  0:03                 ` David Rientjes
2016-09-01  0:03                   ` David Rientjes
2016-09-01  0:17                   ` Reza Arbab
2016-09-01  0:17                     ` Reza Arbab
2016-09-01  0:28                     ` David Rientjes
2016-09-01  0:28                       ` David Rientjes
2016-09-01  1:57                       ` Reza Arbab
2016-09-01  1:57                         ` Reza Arbab
2016-08-31 14:38     ` Reza Arbab

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