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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-26 09:47:56 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-26 09:47:56 -0800
commit3386c05bdbd3e60ca7158253442f0a00133db28e (patch)
tree19e48f0352e65eb83a0e922fb75528ed39f44ebd /drivers
parent1e70c7f7a9d4a3d2cc78b40e1d7768d99cd79899 (diff)
parent6552ebae25ffd57574c6e72d17fce67fea08b918 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: debugobjects: add and use INIT_WORK_ON_STACK rcu: remove duplicate CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR relay: fix lock imbalance in relay_late_setup_files oprofile: fix uninitialized use of struct op_entry rcu: move Kconfig menu softlock: fix false panic which can occur if softlockup_thresh is reduced rcu: add __cpuinit to rcu_init_percpu_data()
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index 2e03b6d796d..e76d715e434 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -393,16 +393,21 @@ oprofile_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, struct pt_regs * const regs,
return;
fail:
+ entry->event = NULL;
cpu_buf->sample_lost_overflow++;
}
int oprofile_add_data(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long val)
{
+ if (!entry->event)
+ return 0;
return op_cpu_buffer_add_data(entry, val);
}
int oprofile_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry)
{
+ if (!entry->event)
+ return -EINVAL;
return op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(entry);
}
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
index 63f81c44846..272995d2029 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ static inline void op_cpu_buffer_reset(int cpu)
cpu_buf->last_task = NULL;
}
+/*
+ * op_cpu_buffer_add_data() and op_cpu_buffer_write_commit() may be
+ * called only if op_cpu_buffer_write_reserve() did not return NULL or
+ * entry->event != NULL, otherwise entry->size or entry->event will be
+ * used uninitialized.
+ */
+
struct op_sample
*op_cpu_buffer_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long size);
int op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry);