From a3a2e76c77fa22b114e421ac11dec0c56c3503fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:34:42 -0700 Subject: mm: avoid null-pointer deref in sync_mm_rss() - We weren't zeroing p->rss_stat[] at fork() - Consequently sync_mm_rss() was dereferencing tsk->mm for kernel threads and was oopsing. - Make __sync_task_rss_stat() static, too. Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15648 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove the BUG_ON(!mm->rss)] Reported-by: Troels Liebe Bentsen Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Minchan Kim Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/exit.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index cce59cb..7f2683a 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) acct_update_integrals(tsk); /* sync mm's RSS info before statistics gathering */ - sync_mm_rss(tsk, tsk->mm); + if (tsk->mm) + sync_mm_rss(tsk, tsk->mm); group_dead = atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->signal->live); if (group_dead) { hrtimer_cancel(&tsk->signal->real_timer); -- cgit v1.1