-// The following can be used to track heap bugs
-// zero memory after allocation
-#define ALLOC_ZERO_MEM 0
-// pad allocations by this many bytes on both ends of block
+// The following can be used to track memory bugs
+// zero memory after allocation (now applies to valloc and page alloc as well)
+#define ALLOC_ZERO_MEM 1
+// pad allocations by this many bytes on both ends of block (heap only)
#define ALLOC_PAD 0
pg_allocs += num_pages;
+#if ALLOC_ZERO_MEM
+ memset(__va(pg_addr),0,num_pages*4096);
+#endif
+
MEMCHECK_ALLOC_PAGES(pg_addr,num_pages*4096);
return pg_addr;
addr = kmalloc_node(size+2*ALLOC_PAD, flags, node);
}
- if (!addr) {
+ if (!addr || IS_ERR(addr)) {
ERROR("ALERT ALERT kmalloc has FAILED FAILED FAILED\n");
return NULL;
}
addr = vmalloc(size);
- if (!addr) {
+ if (!addr || IS_ERR(addr)) {
ERROR("ALERT ALERT vmalloc has FAILED FAILED FAILED\n");
return NULL;
}
vmallocs++;
+#if ALLOC_ZERO_MEM
+ memset(addr,0,size);
+#endif
+
MEMCHECK_VMALLOC(addr,size);
return addr;
thread = kthread_create( lnx_thread_target, thread_info, thread_info->name );
- if (IS_ERR(thread)) {
+ if (!thread || IS_ERR(thread)) {
WARNING("Palacios error creating thread: %s\n", thread_info->name);
palacios_free(thread_info);
return NULL;