The inode info structure is zeroed at allocation with kzalloc, and then all but one of the fields (including the largest, vfs_inode) are initialised explicitly. Switch to using kmalloc and initialise the remaining field too.
Reported-by: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.ho...@imgtec.com> --- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c index f2372ef..32f35f1 100644 --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c @@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ static struct inode *hostfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { struct hostfs_inode_info *hi; - hi = kzalloc(sizeof(*hi), GFP_KERNEL); + hi = kmalloc(sizeof(*hi), GFP_KERNEL); if (hi == NULL) return NULL; hi->fd = -1; + hi->mode = 0; inode_init_once(&hi->vfs_inode); return &hi->vfs_inode; } -- 1.8.1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel