---
 kernel/cpuset.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/cpuset.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/cpuset.c	2007-06-01 11:09:39.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/cpuset.c	2007-06-01 11:11:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ static int cpuset_tasks_open(struct inod
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = __d_cs(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct ctr_struct *ctr;
-	pid_t *pidarray;
+	pid_t *pidarray = NULL;
 	int npids;
 	char c;
 
@@ -1741,9 +1741,11 @@ static int cpuset_tasks_open(struct inod
 	 * show up until sometime later on.
 	 */
 	npids = atomic_read(&cs->count);
-	pidarray = kmalloc(npids * sizeof(pid_t), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pidarray)
-		goto err1;
+	if (npids)
+		pidarray = kmalloc(npids * sizeof(pid_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pidarray)
+			goto err1;
+	}
 
 	npids = pid_array_load(pidarray, npids, cs);
 	sort(pidarray, npids, sizeof(pid_t), cmppid, NULL);