@@ -2822,7 +2822,9 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
switch (mode) {
case MPOL_PREFERRED:
/*
- * Insist on a nodelist of one node only
+ * Insist on a nodelist of one node only, although later
+ * we use first_node(nodes) to grab a single node, so here
+ * nodelist (or nodes) cannot be empty.
*/
if (nodelist) {
char *rest = nodelist;
@@ -2830,6 +2832,8 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
rest++;
if (*rest)
goto out;
+ if (nodes_empty(nodes))
+ goto out;
}
break;
case MPOL_INTERLEAVE: