[PATCH 3/4] kmemcheck: fix do_mount_root() false positive

From: Vegard Nossum
Date: Sat May 16 2009 - 05:52:15 EST


Hide the false positive by using the new __getname_gfp() with the
__GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE flag.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
init/do_mounts.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index dd7ee5f..093f659 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)

void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
{
- char *fs_names = __getname();
+ char *fs_names = __getname_gfp(GFP_KERNEL
+ | __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE);
char *p;
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
--
1.6.0.6

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