On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 17:38 +0800, Li Zefan wrote: > --- > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c > index 8a2b73f..9d1d1f2 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c > @@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void perf_trace_destroy(struct perf_event *p_event) > } > } > out: > + module_put(tp_event->mod); > mutex_unlock(&event_mutex); > } Ah, indeed, we so that try_module_get() for each reference to the tracepoint, I guess we also should do the below, in case the registration fails. diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c index 000e6e8..31cc4cb 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ int perf_trace_init(struct perf_event *p_event) tp_event->class && tp_event->class->reg && try_module_get(tp_event->mod)) { ret = perf_trace_event_init(tp_event, p_event); + if (ret) + module_put(tp_event->mod); break; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html