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Steven Rostedt 2e572895bf ring-buffer: do not remove reader page from list on ring buffer free ... Impact: prevent possible memory leak The reader page of the ring buffer is special. Although it points into the ring buffer, it is not part of the actual buffer. It is a page used by the reader to swap with a page in the ring buffer. Once the swap is made, the new reader page is again outside the buffer. Even though the reader page points into the buffer, it is really pointing to residual data. Note, this data is used by the reader. reader page | v (prev) +---+ (next) +----------| |----------+ | +---+ | v v +---+ +---+ +---+ -->| |------->| |------->| |---> <--| |<-------| |<-------| |<--- +---+ +---+ +---+ ^ ^ ^ \ | / ------- Buffer--------- If we perform a list_del_init() on the reader page we will actually remove the last page the reader swapped with and not the reader page itself. This will cause that page to not be freed, and thus is a memory leak. Luckily, the only user of the ring buffer so far is ftrace. And ftrace will not free its ring buffer after it allocates it. There is no current possible memory leak. But once there are other users, or if ftrace dynamically creates and frees its ring buffer, then this would be a memory leak. This patch fixes the leak for future cases. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>		2009-04-01 14:47:53 +02:00
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irq	Merge branch 'x86/core' into tracing/textedit	2009-03-06 16:45:01 +01:00
power	PM: Split up sysdev_[suspend|resume] from device_power_[down|up]	2009-02-22 10:33:44 -08:00
time	hrtimers: allow the hot-unplugging of all cpus	2009-01-30 22:35:29 +01:00
trace	ring-buffer: do not remove reader page from list on ring buffer free	2009-04-01 14:47:53 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04	2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
async.c	async: use list_move_tail	2009-02-08 10:00:26 -08:00
audit.c	[PATCH] fix broken timestamps in AVC generated by kernel threads	2008-12-09 02:27:41 -05:00
audit.h	fixing audit rule ordering mess, part 1	2009-01-04 15:14:41 -05:00
audit_tree.c	audit: validate comparison operations, store them in sane form	2009-01-04 15:14:42 -05:00
auditfilter.c	audit: validate comparison operations, store them in sane form	2009-01-04 15:14:42 -05:00
auditsc.c	make sure that filterkey of task,always rules is reported	2009-01-04 15:14:42 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04	2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
cgroup.c	cgroups: fix possible use after free	2009-02-18 15:37:54 -08:00
cgroup_debug.c	cgroups: fix probable race with put_css_set[_taskexit] and find_css_set	2008-10-20 08:52:38 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c	freezer_cg: disable writing freezer.state of root cgroup	2008-11-12 17:17:16 -08:00
compat.c	Allow times and time system calls to return small negative values	2009-01-06 15:59:13 -08:00
configs.c	kernel/configs.c: remove useless comments	2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
cpu.c	stop_machine/cpu hotplug: fix disable_nonboot_cpus	2009-01-07 11:36:14 -08:00
cpuset.c	cpuset: fix possible deadlock in async_rebuild_sched_domains	2009-01-19 02:44:00 +01:00
cred-internals.h	CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials	2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
cred.c	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6	2009-01-09 13:59:25 -08:00
delayacct.c	schedstat: consolidate per-task cpu runtime stats	2008-12-18 13:54:01 +01:00
dma-coherent.c	dma-coherent: Restore dma_alloc_from_coherent() large alloc fall back policy.	2009-01-21 18:51:53 +09:00
dma.c	kernel/dma.c: remove a CVS keyword	2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00
exec_domain.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04	2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
exit.c	Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic	2009-02-13 09:44:22 +01:00
extable.c	tracing, Text Edit Lock: Fix one sparse warning in kernel/extable.c	2009-03-22 18:16:20 +01:00
fork.c	Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/textedit' and 'linus' into tracing/core	2009-03-10 22:54:23 +01:00
freezer.c	freezer_cg: use thaw_process() in unfreeze_cgroup()	2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
futex.c	futex: fix reference leak	2009-02-11 18:24:08 +01:00
futex_compat.c	CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds	2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
hrtimer.c	hrtimer: prevent negative expiry value after clock_was_set()	2009-01-30 22:35:34 +01:00
itimer.c	timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers	2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
kallsyms.c	Revert "kbuild: strip generated symbols from *.ko"	2009-01-14 21:38:20 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer	container freezer: implement freezer cgroup subsystem	2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt	rcu: provide RCU options on non-preempt architectures too	2008-12-25 09:31:28 +01:00
kexec.c	Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic	2009-02-22 20:05:19 +01:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c	kgdb: call touch_softlockup_watchdog on resume	2008-10-06 13:50:59 -05:00
kmod.c	kmod: fix varargs kernel-doc	2009-01-06 15:59:27 -08:00
kprobes.c	kprobes: Fix locking imbalance in kretprobes	2009-03-18 12:51:16 +01:00
ksysfs.c	kernel/ksysfs.c:fix dependence on CONFIG_NET	2009-01-06 10:44:31 -08:00
kthread.c	tracepoints: add DECLARE_TRACE() and DEFINE_TRACE()	2008-11-16 09:01:36 +01:00
latencytop.c	KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN fixes	2008-12-10 08:01:54 -08:00
lockdep.c	Merge branch 'core/locking' into tracing/ftrace	2009-03-13 01:33:21 +01:00
lockdep_internals.h	lockdep: get_user_chars() redo	2009-02-14 23:28:22 +01:00
lockdep_proc.c	lockstat: warn about disabled lock debugging	2009-02-14 23:28:28 +01:00
lockdep_states.h	lockdep: move state bit definitions around	2009-02-14 23:27:59 +01:00
Makefile	PM: fix build for CONFIG_PM unset	2009-02-21 14:17:17 -08:00
marker.c	markers/tracpoints: fix non-modular build	2008-11-16 09:52:03 +01:00
module.c	Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/kprobes', 'tracing/tasks' and 'linus' into tracing/core	2009-03-20 10:14:53 +01:00
mutex-debug.c	mutex: implement adaptive spinning	2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex-debug.h	mutex: implement adaptive spinning	2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex.c	mutex: adaptive spinnning, performance tweaks	2009-01-14 19:03:54 +01:00
mutex.h	mutex: implement adaptive spinning	2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
notifier.c	Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc6' into core/debug	2008-11-26 08:22:50 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c	ns_cgroup: remove unused spinlock	2009-01-08 08:31:02 -08:00
nsproxy.c	User namespaces: set of cleanups (v2)	2008-11-24 18:57:41 -05:00
panic.c	stackprotector: update make rules	2009-02-10 00:41:54 +01:00
params.c	Fix compile warning in kernel/params.c	2008-10-23 12:09:00 -07:00
pid.c	pid: generalize task_active_pid_ns	2009-01-08 08:31:12 -08:00
pid_namespace.c	pid_ns: (BUG 11391) change ->child_reaper when init->group_leader exits	2008-09-02 19:21:38 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c	pm_qos_requirement might sleep	2008-09-02 19:21:40 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c	timers: more consistently use clock vs timer	2009-02-13 13:04:05 +01:00
posix-timers.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 05	2009-01-14 14:15:20 +01:00
printk.c	PM: Fix suspend_console and resume_console to use only one semaphore	2009-02-21 14:17:18 -08:00
profile.c	profiling: fix broken profiling regression	2009-02-10 00:50:37 +01:00
ptrace.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 27	2009-01-14 14:15:29 +01:00
rcuclassic.c	rcu: Teach RCU that idle task is not quiscent state at boot	2009-02-26 04:08:14 +01:00
rcupdate.c	rcu: Teach RCU that idle task is not quiscent state at boot	2009-02-26 04:08:14 +01:00
rcupreempt.c	rcu: Teach RCU that idle task is not quiscent state at boot	2009-02-26 04:08:14 +01:00
rcupreempt_trace.c	"Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation	2008-12-18 21:56:04 +01:00
rcutorture.c	rcu: fix bug in rcutorture system-shutdown code	2009-01-07 23:36:25 +01:00
rcutree.c	rcu: Teach RCU that idle task is not quiscent state at boot	2009-02-26 04:08:14 +01:00
rcutree_trace.c	"Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation	2008-12-18 21:56:04 +01:00
relay.c	Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/kmemtrace' and 'linus' into tracing/core	2009-02-03 06:25:38 +01:00
res_counter.c	memcg: memory cgroup resource counters for hierarchy	2009-01-08 08:31:05 -08:00
resource.c	resources: fix parameter name and kernel-doc	2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c	hrtimer: convert kernel/* to the new hrtimer apis	2008-09-05 21:35:13 -07:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
sched.c	Merge branch 'x86/core' into tracing/textedit	2009-03-06 16:45:01 +01:00
sched_clock.c	Merge branch 'sched/clock' into tracing/ftrace	2009-02-27 08:35:19 +01:00
sched_cpupri.c	sched: fix section mismatch	2009-01-06 11:07:15 +01:00
sched_cpupri.h	sched: convert struct cpupri_vec cpumask_var_t.	2008-11-24 17:52:22 +01:00
sched_debug.c	sched: partly revert "sched debug: remove NULL checking in print_cfs_rt_rq()"	2009-01-11 02:40:32 +01:00
sched_fair.c	sched: revert recent sync wakeup changes	2009-02-11 14:43:35 +01:00
sched_features.h	mutex: implement adaptive spinning	2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
sched_idletask.c	sched: add CONFIG_SMP consistency	2008-10-22 10:01:52 +02:00
sched_rt.c	sched_rt: don't use first_cpu on cpumask created with cpumask_and	2009-02-01 10:49:52 +01:00
sched_stats.h	timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers	2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
seccomp.c	x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole	2009-03-02 15:41:30 -08:00
semaphore.c
signal.c	signal: re-add dead task accumulation stats.	2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
smp.c	generic-ipi: use per cpu data for single cpu ipi calls	2009-01-30 18:31:08 +01:00
softirq.c	softirq: no need to have SOFTIRQ in softirq name	2009-03-13 00:43:33 -04:00
softlockup.c	softlock: fix false panic which can occur if softlockup_thresh is reduced	2009-01-14 11:48:07 +01:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c	stacktrace: provide save_stack_trace_tsk() weak alias	2008-12-25 11:44:43 +01:00
stop_machine.c	alloc_percpu: change percpu_ptr to per_cpu_ptr	2009-02-20 16:29:08 +09:00
sys.c	sched: don't allow setuid to succeed if the user does not have rt bandwidth	2009-02-27 11:11:53 +01:00
sys_ni.c	[CVE-2009-0029] Make sys_syslog a conditional system call	2009-01-14 14:15:16 +01:00
sysctl.c	mm: fix dirty_bytes/dirty_background_bytes sysctls on 64bit arches	2009-02-11 14:25:35 -08:00
sysctl_check.c	[XFS] remove restricted chown parameter from xfs linux	2008-10-30 18:30:09 +11:00
taskstats.c	cpumask: convert rest of files in kernel/	2009-01-01 10:12:28 +10:30
test_kprobes.c	kprobes: add tests for register_kprobes	2009-01-06 15:59:20 -08:00
time.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 01	2009-01-14 14:15:18 +01:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c	timer: implement lockdep deadlock detection	2009-02-14 23:25:52 +01:00
tracepoint.c	tracepoints: dont update zero-sized tracepoint sections	2009-03-18 19:55:00 +01:00
tsacct.c	Fix fixpoint divide exception in acct_update_integrals	2009-03-09 08:13:35 -07:00
uid16.c	[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 19	2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
up.c	smp_call_function_single(): be slightly less stupid, fix #2	2009-01-12 16:04:37 +01:00
user.c	kernel/user.c: fix a memory leak when freeing up non-init usernamespaces users	2009-03-10 15:55:11 -07:00
user_namespace.c	Fix recursive lock in free_uid()/free_user_ns()	2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c	sysctl: simplify ->strategy	2008-10-16 11:21:47 -07:00
wait.c	wait: prevent exclusive waiter starvation	2009-02-05 12:56:48 -08:00
workqueue.c	Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/kmemtrace' and 'linus' into tracing/core	2009-02-03 06:25:38 +01:00