slab, kmemleak: pass the correct pointer to kmemleak_erase()

In ____cache_alloc(), the variable 'ac' may be changed after
cache_alloc_refill() and the following kmemleak_erase() may get an incorrect
pointer. Update 'ac' after cache_alloc_refill() unconditionally.

See the following URL for the discussion of this patch:

 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125873373124187&w=2

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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J. R. Okajima 2009-12-02 16:55:50 +09:00 committed by Pekka Enberg
parent f3d8b53a3a
commit ddbf2e8366

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@ -3103,6 +3103,11 @@ static inline void *____cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
} else {
STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(cachep);
objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags);
/*
* the 'ac' may be updated by cache_alloc_refill(),
* and kmemleak_erase() requires its correct value.
*/
ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep);
}
/*
* To avoid a false negative, if an object that is in one of the