From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Barebox List <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fs: ubifs: zero initialize allocated inode
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 14:44:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260519124448.3635366-1-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> (raw)
UBIFS uses kmem_cache_alloc() to allocate an ubifs_inode. The memory
returned from kmem_cache_alloc() is not zeroed. ubifs_alloc_inode()
zeroes all fields in the ubifs_inode except the embedded struct inode.
In Linux this is done in the kmem_cache constructor function which calls
inode_init_once(). In barebox we have the constructor function as well,
but we don't have an equivalent of inode_init_once(), so the constructor
is empty. zero the inode in the constructor instead so that barebox
gets a zeroed inode.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
fs/ubifs/super.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 45037b42ea..4022270d4c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ static void kill_ubifs_super(struct super_block *s)
*/
static void inode_slab_ctor(void *obj)
{
+ memset(obj, 0, sizeof(struct inode));
}
static int __init ubifs_init(void)
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-19 12:44 Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-05-19 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] fs: jffs2: " Sascha Hauer
2026-05-19 12:59 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-05-19 13:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] fs: ubifs: " Ahmad Fatoum
2026-05-19 13:14 ` Sascha Hauer
2026-05-19 13:16 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-05-19 13:28 Sascha Hauer
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