oprofile: Free potentially owned tasks in case of errors After registering the task free notifier we possibly have tasks in our dying_tasks list. Free them after unregistering the notifier in case of an error. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .36+ Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c index a3984f4..04250aa 100644 --- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c +++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ .notifier_call = module_load_notify, }; +static void free_all_tasks(void) +{ + /* make sure we don't leak task structs */ + process_task_mortuary(); + process_task_mortuary(); +} + int sync_start(void) { int err; @@ -174,6 +181,7 @@ profile_event_unregister(PROFILE_TASK_EXIT, &task_exit_nb); out2: task_handoff_unregister(&task_free_nb); + free_all_tasks(); out1: free_cpumask_var(marked_cpus); goto out; @@ -192,10 +200,7 @@ mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex); flush_cpu_work(); - /* make sure we don't leak task structs */ - process_task_mortuary(); - process_task_mortuary(); - + free_all_tasks(); free_cpumask_var(marked_cpus); }