On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:10:49AM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> klp_try_switch_task() is called under klp_mutex. The buffer for
> debugging messages might be static.
The patch description is missing a "why" (presumably to reduce stack
usage).
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> index 8e0274075e75..d66086fd6d75 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> @@ -304,11 +304,11 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, char *err_buf)
> */
> static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task)
> {
> + static char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE];
> struct rq *rq;
> struct rq_flags flags;
> int ret;
> bool success = false;
> - char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE];
>
> err_buf[0] = '\0';
>
> @@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task)
> pr_debug("%s", err_buf);
>
> return success;
> -
> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.16.4
>
--
Josh
