[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] dm thin metadata: Avoid return pmd->bm wild pointer when process with error
Ye Bin
yebin10 at huawei.com
Tue Sep 1 06:25:43 UTC 2020
Maybe caller will use PTR_ERR as a pointer, it will lead to some strange
things.
Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10 at huawei.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 76b6b323bf4b..ddb7f1f0bc48 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -739,12 +739,16 @@ static int __create_persistent_data_objects(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, bool f
THIN_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS);
if (IS_ERR(pmd->bm)) {
DMERR("could not create block manager");
- return PTR_ERR(pmd->bm);
+ r = PTR_ERR(pmd->bm);
+ pmd->bm = NULL;
+ return r;
}
r = __open_or_format_metadata(pmd, format_device);
- if (r)
+ if (r) {
dm_block_manager_destroy(pmd->bm);
+ pmd->bm = NULL;
+ }
return r;
}
--
2.25.4
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