Commit-ID: 179c498ae2998461fe436437a74dc29036fc7dcc Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/179c498ae2998461fe436437a74dc29036fc7dcc Author: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:03:19 -0400 Committer: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:03:19 -0400 function-graph: only allocate init tasks if it was not already done When the function graph tracer is enabled, it calls the initialization needed for the init tasks that would be called on all created tasks. The problem is that this is called every time the function graph tracer is enabled, and the ret_stack is allocated for the idle tasks each time. Thus, the old ret_stack is lost and a memory leak is created. This is also dangerous because if an interrupt happened on another CPU with the init task and the ret_stack is replaced, we then lose all the return pointers for the interrupt, and a crash would take place. [ Impact: fix memory leak and possible crash due to race ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index f1ed080..ebff62e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -2643,8 +2643,10 @@ static int start_graph_tracing(void) return -ENOMEM; /* The cpu_boot init_task->ret_stack will never be freed */ - for_each_online_cpu(cpu) - ftrace_graph_init_task(idle_task(cpu)); + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { + if (!idle_task(cpu)->ret_stack) + ftrace_graph_init_task(idle_task(cpu)); + } do { ret = alloc_retstack_tasklist(ret_stack_list); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html