[PATCH 1/6] tracing/function-profiler: do not free per cpu variable stat

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:26:28 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>

The per cpu variable stat is freeded if we fail to allocate a name
on start up. This was due to stat at first being allocated in the
initial design. But since then, it has become a static per cpu variable
but the free on error was not removed.

Also added __init annotation to the function that this is in.

[ Impact: prevent possible memory corruption on low mem at boot up ]

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 5 ++---
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d6973df..134e580 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static struct tracer_stat function_stats __initdata = {
.stat_show = function_stat_show
};

-static void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
+static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
{
struct ftrace_profile_stat *stat;
struct dentry *entry;
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ static void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
* The files created are permanent, if something happens
* we still do not free memory.
*/
- kfree(stat);
WARN(1,
"Could not allocate stat file for cpu %d\n",
cpu);
@@ -811,7 +810,7 @@ static void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
}

#else /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER */
-static void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
+static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
{
}
#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER */
--
1.6.3.1

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