[PATCH 2/3] comm: timerstats: Protect task->comm access by using get_task_comm()

From: John Stultz
Date: Thu Apr 28 2011 - 00:03:49 EST


Converts the timerstats code to use get_task_comm for protected
comm access.

CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/timer.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index fd61986..85308fb 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer, void *addr)
return;

timer->start_site = addr;
- memcpy(timer->start_comm, current->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ get_task_comm(timer->start_comm, current);
timer->start_pid = current->pid;
}

--
1.7.3.2.146.gca209

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