From 5ca3957510b9fc2a14d3647db518014842f9a2b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hillf Danton Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:43:28 -0800 Subject: mm/mempolicy.c: fix wrong sp_node insertion n->end is accessed in sp_insert(). Thus it should be update before calling sp_insert(). This mistake may make kernel panic. Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Sasha Levin Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Dave Jones Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/mempolicy.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c index 31d26637b658..868d08f49f07 100644 --- a/mm/mempolicy.c +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -2391,8 +2391,8 @@ restart: *mpol_new = *n->policy; atomic_set(&mpol_new->refcnt, 1); sp_node_init(n_new, n->end, end, mpol_new); - sp_insert(sp, n_new); n->end = start; + sp_insert(sp, n_new); n_new = NULL; mpol_new = NULL; break; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b