[PATCH] hugepages: close fd on error path in __get_thp_mode

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 23:45:20 GMT 2026


On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 7:38 AM Shamil Abdulaev <ashamil435@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If __read_nocancel fails or overflows the buffer, the function returned
> without closing the /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled fd.
>
> Found while investigating BZ #34083.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shamil Abdulaev <ashamil435@gmail.com>
> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hugepages.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hugepages.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hugepages.c
> index 707a75c2a2..46e05151a3 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hugepages.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hugepages.c
> @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ __get_thp_mode (void)
>
>    char str[sizeof(mode_always)];
>    ssize_t s = __read_nocancel (fd, str, sizeof (str));
> +  __close_nocancel (fd);
>    if (s >= sizeof str || s < 0)
>      return thp_mode_not_supported;
>    str[s] = '\0';
> -  __close_nocancel (fd);
>
>    if (s == sizeof (mode_always) - 1)
>      {
> --
> 2.54.0
>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.


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