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authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2019-09-06 07:02:31 -0600
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2019-09-06 07:02:31 -0600
commita26142559c2be8c0975b941e3110d23a9e552ce5 (patch)
tree013121f3e988d1787cb5956701ff407bffbb1124 /block
parentebddd2a15323856d82d22b49236604c2e0d23ab9 (diff)
downloadlinux-a26142559c2be8c0975b941e3110d23a9e552ce5.tar.gz
block: fix elevator_get_by_features()
The lookup logic is broken - 'e' will never be NULL, even if the
list is empty. Maintain lookup hit in a separate variable instead.

Fixes: a0958ba7fcdc ("block: Improve default elevator selection")
Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/elevator.c13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 096a670d22d7..bba10e83478a 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -668,22 +668,23 @@ static struct elevator_type *elevator_get_default(struct request_queue *q)
  */
 static struct elevator_type *elevator_get_by_features(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	struct elevator_type *e;
+	struct elevator_type *e, *found = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(e, &elv_list, list) {
 		if (elv_support_features(e->elevator_features,
-					 q->required_elevator_features))
+					 q->required_elevator_features)) {
+			found = e;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (e && !try_module_get(e->elevator_owner))
-		e = NULL;
+	if (found && !try_module_get(found->elevator_owner))
+		found = NULL;
 
 	spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
-
-	return e;
+	return found;
 }
 
 /*