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Commit 84448c8e authored by Jakob Koschel's avatar Jakob Koschel Committed by akpm
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hugetlb: remove use of list iterator variable after loop



In preparation to limit the scope of the list iterator to the list
traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer to iterate through the list [1].

Before hugetlb_resv_map_add() was expecting a file_region struct, but in
case the list iterator in add_reservation_in_range() did not exit early,
the variable passed in, is not actually a valid structure.

In such a case 'rg' is computed on the head element of the list and
represents an out-of-bounds pointer.  This still remains safe *iff* you
only use the link member (as it is done in hugetlb_resv_map_add()).

To avoid the type-confusion altogether and limit the list iterator to the
loop, only a list_head pointer is kept to pass to hugetlb_resv_map_add().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220331224323.903842-1-jakobkoschel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: "Brian Johannesmeyer" <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Cc: Cristiano Giuffrida <c.giuffrida@vu.nl>
Cc: "Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@vu.nl>
Cc: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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