From 44b99462d9d776522e174d6c531ce5ccef309e26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vaibhav Nagarnaik Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:50:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ring-buffer: Fix crash due to uninitialized new_pages list head The new_pages list head in the cpu_buffer is not initialized. When adding pages to the ring buffer, if the memory allocation fails in ring_buffer_resize, the clean up handler tries to free up the allocated pages from all the cpu buffers. The panic is caused by referencing the uninitialized new_pages list head. Initializing the new_pages list head in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer fixes this. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1340391005-10880-1-git-send-email-vnagarnaik@google.com Cc: Justin Teravest Cc: David Sharp Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 1d0f6a8..ba39cba 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages, int cpu) rb_init_page(bpage->page); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->list); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpu_buffer->new_pages); ret = rb_allocate_pages(cpu_buffer, nr_pages); if (ret < 0) -- 2.7.4