commit 5e451be75ca51dd45a77a6409a30a0de39dc15c8
author Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Wed May 03 14:55:28 2017 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Wed May 03 15:52:11 2017 -0700
tree adcd585bd3b2417ac96afddfd3b8aebfbd5cce4a
parent 97167a7681e9a587ee75955bcbbf27e90f0883b9

mm/madvise: move up the behavior parameter validation

madvise_behavior_valid() should be called before acting upon the
behavior parameter.  Hence move up the function.  This also includes
MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE and MADV_HWPOISON options as valid behavior parameter
for the system call madvise().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170418052844.24891-1-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

mm/madvise.c

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 31da094..25b78ee 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@
 #endif
 	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
 	case MADV_DODUMP:
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+	case MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE:
+	case MADV_HWPOISON:
+#endif
 		return true;
 
 	default:
@@ -760,10 +764,6 @@
 	size_t len;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
-	if (behavior == MADV_HWPOISON || behavior == MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE)
-		return madvise_inject_error(behavior, start, start + len_in);
-#endif
 	if (!madvise_behavior_valid(behavior))
 		return error;
 
@@ -783,6 +783,11 @@
 	if (end == start)
 		return error;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+	if (behavior == MADV_HWPOISON || behavior == MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE)
+		return madvise_inject_error(behavior, start, start + len_in);
+#endif
+
 	write = madvise_need_mmap_write(behavior);
 	if (write) {
 		if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))