x86, pat: Proper init of memtype subtree_max_end

subtree_max_end that was recently added to struct memtype was not getting properly initialized resulting in WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 64-bit read from uninitialized memory in memtype_rb_augment_cb() reported here https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16092 This change fixes the problem. Reported-by: Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@free.fr> Tested-by: Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com> LKML-Reference: <1276217101-11515-1-git-send-email-venki@google.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
mariux64 · Jun 11, 2010 · 6a4f3b5 · 6a4f3b5
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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	new  = kmalloc(sizeof(struct memtype), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new  = kzalloc(sizeof(struct memtype), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ int rbt_memtype_check_insert(struct memtype *new, unsigned long *ret_type)
 		if (ret_type)
 			new->type = *ret_type;
 
+		new->subtree_max_end = new->end;
 		memtype_rb_insert(&memtype_rbroot, new);
 	}
 	return err;