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-rw-r--r--drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c35
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
index 2b7ae366ceb..5df60a6b677 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
@@ -35,12 +35,23 @@ static size_t buffer_pos;
/* atomic_t because wait_event checks it outside of buffer_mutex */
static atomic_t buffer_ready = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-/* Add an entry to the event buffer. When we
- * get near to the end we wake up the process
- * sleeping on the read() of the file.
+/*
+ * Add an entry to the event buffer. When we get near to the end we
+ * wake up the process sleeping on the read() of the file. To protect
+ * the event_buffer this function may only be called when buffer_mutex
+ * is set.
*/
void add_event_entry(unsigned long value)
{
+ /*
+ * This shouldn't happen since all workqueues or handlers are
+ * canceled or flushed before the event buffer is freed.
+ */
+ if (!event_buffer) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (buffer_pos == buffer_size) {
atomic_inc(&oprofile_stats.event_lost_overflow);
return;
@@ -69,7 +80,6 @@ void wake_up_buffer_waiter(void)
int alloc_event_buffer(void)
{
- int err = -ENOMEM;
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&oprofilefs_lock, flags);
@@ -80,21 +90,22 @@ int alloc_event_buffer(void)
if (buffer_watershed >= buffer_size)
return -EINVAL;
+ buffer_pos = 0;
event_buffer = vmalloc(sizeof(unsigned long) * buffer_size);
if (!event_buffer)
- goto out;
+ return -ENOMEM;
- err = 0;
-out:
- return err;
+ return 0;
}
void free_event_buffer(void)
{
+ mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
vfree(event_buffer);
-
+ buffer_pos = 0;
event_buffer = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
}
@@ -167,6 +178,12 @@ static ssize_t event_buffer_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
+ /* May happen if the buffer is freed during pending reads. */
+ if (!event_buffer) {
+ retval = -EINTR;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
atomic_set(&buffer_ready, 0);
retval = -EFAULT;