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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 04:11:56 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, eranian@...gle.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, acme@...hat.com,
	vincent.weaver@...ne.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jolsa@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/amd/uncore: Plug reference leak

Commit-ID:  8bc9162cd2bf37036c486b384ac445b59b334b04
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8bc9162cd2bf37036c486b384ac445b59b334b04
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:04:41 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:36:09 +0100

perf/x86/amd/uncore: Plug reference leak

In the error path of amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare() the newly allocated uncore
struct is freed, but the percpu pointer still references it. Set it to NULL.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1602162302170.19512@nanos
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c
index 4974274..8836fc9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ static int amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
+	if (amd_uncore_nb)
+		*per_cpu_ptr(amd_uncore_nb, cpu) = NULL;
 	kfree(uncore_nb);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }