linux-kernel - [PATCH] oprofile: fix CPU unplug panic in ppro

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Message-ID: <4934D3E1.1000507@cosmosbay.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:21:21 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] oprofile: fix CPU unplug panic in ppro_stop()

If oprofile statically compiled in kernel, a cpu unplug triggers
a panic in ppro_stop(), because a NULL pointer is dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
---
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

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