On 19/03/18 09:20, Eric Auger wrote:
> in case kvm_vgic_map_resources() fails, typically if the vgic
> distributor is not defined, __kvm_vgic_destroy will be called
> several times. Indeed kvm_vgic_map_resources() is called on
> first vcpu run. As a result dist->spis is freeed twice and on
> the second time it causes a "kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3912!"
>
> This patch avoids freeing dist->spis twice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.au...@redhat.com>
> ---
> virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index 743ca5c..38fd5f1 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ static void kvm_vgic_dist_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
> dist->ready = false;
> dist->initialized = false;
>
> - kfree(dist->spis);
> + if (dist->spis) {
> + kfree(dist->spis);
> + dist->spis = NULL;
> + }
Given that kfree(NULL) is always a valid thing to do, you could write
the same thing just as
dist-> spis = NULL;
without any test.
> dist->nr_spis = 0;
>
> if (vgic_supports_direct_msis(kvm))
>
You also may want to add a Fixes tag to it.
Thanks,
M.
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