linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] x86/perf/intel/cqm: Fix cqm memory leak and notifier leak

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:32:08 -0800
From:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	vikas.shivappa@...el.com, vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, h.peter.anvin@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] x86/perf/intel/cqm: Fix cqm memory leak and notifier leak

Fixes the hotcpu notifier leak and other global variable memory leaks
during cqm(cache quality of service monitoring) initialization.

Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index e6be335..fc704ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ static void __put_rmid(u32 rmid)
 	list_add_tail(&entry->list, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru);
 }
 
+static void cqm_cleanup(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!cqm_rmid_ptrs)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cqm_max_rmid; i++)
+		kfree(cqm_rmid_ptrs[i]);
+
+	kfree(cqm_rmid_ptrs);
+	cqm_rmid_ptrs = NULL;
+}
+
 static int intel_cqm_setup_rmid_cache(void)
 {
 	struct cqm_rmid_entry *entry;
@@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ static int intel_cqm_setup_rmid_cache(void)
 	int r = 0;
 
 	nr_rmids = cqm_max_rmid + 1;
-	cqm_rmid_ptrs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cqm_rmid_entry *) *
+	cqm_rmid_ptrs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cqm_rmid_entry *) *
 				nr_rmids, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cqm_rmid_ptrs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -249,11 +263,9 @@ static int intel_cqm_setup_rmid_cache(void)
 	mutex_unlock(&cache_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	while (r--)
-		kfree(cqm_rmid_ptrs[r]);
 
-	kfree(cqm_rmid_ptrs);
+fail:
+	cqm_cleanup();
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -1322,7 +1334,7 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_cqm_match[] = {
 
 static int __init intel_cqm_init(void)
 {
-	char *str, scale[20];
+	char *str = NULL, scale[20];
 	int i, cpu, ret;
 
 	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_cqm_match))
@@ -1382,16 +1394,25 @@ static int __init intel_cqm_init(void)
 		cqm_pick_event_reader(i);
 	}
 
-	__perf_cpu_notifier(intel_cqm_cpu_notifier);
-
 	ret = perf_pmu_register(&intel_cqm_pmu, "intel_cqm", -1);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Intel CQM perf registration failed: %d\n", ret);
-	else
-		pr_info("Intel CQM monitoring enabled\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("Intel CQM monitoring enabled\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * Register the hot cpu notifier once we are sure cqm
+	 * is enabled to avoid notifier leak.
+	 */
+	__perf_cpu_notifier(intel_cqm_cpu_notifier);
 out:
 	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(str);
+		cqm_cleanup();
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.9.1