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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dst.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index f91abf800161..a39354ee1432 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1055,6 +1055,8 @@ rollback: */ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len) { + char *new_ifalias; + ASSERT_RTNL(); if (len >= IFALIASZ) @@ -1068,9 +1070,10 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len) return 0; } - dev->ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!dev->ifalias) + new_ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new_ifalias) return -ENOMEM; + dev->ifalias = new_ifalias; strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1); return len; diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c index 069d51d29414..56d63612e1e4 100644 --- a/net/core/dst.c +++ b/net/core/dst.c @@ -149,7 +149,15 @@ int dst_discard(struct sk_buff *skb) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_discard); -const u32 dst_default_metrics[RTAX_MAX]; +const u32 dst_default_metrics[RTAX_MAX + 1] = { + /* This initializer is needed to force linker to place this variable + * into const section. Otherwise it might end into bss section. + * We really want to avoid false sharing on this variable, and catch + * any writes on it. + */ + [RTAX_MAX] = 0xdeadbeef, +}; + void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev, int initial_ref, int initial_obsolete, unsigned short flags) |