Fail fork() when we fail inheritance for some reason (-ENOMEM most likely). LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/fork.c | 5 ++++- kernel/perf_counter.c | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/fork.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/fork.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/fork.c @@ -983,7 +983,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process( goto fork_out; rt_mutex_init_task(p); - perf_counter_init_task(p); + retval = perf_counter_init_task(p); + if (retval) + goto bad_fork_free; #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!p->hardirqs_enabled); @@ -1309,6 +1311,7 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_count: put_cred(p->real_cred); put_cred(p->cred); bad_fork_free: + perf_counter_exit_task(p); free_task(p); fork_out: return ERR_PTR(retval); Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -3434,18 +3434,23 @@ again: /* * Initialize the perf_counter context in task_struct */ -void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child) +int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child) { struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx, *parent_ctx; struct perf_counter *counter; struct task_struct *parent = current; int inherited_all = 1; + int ret = 0; child->perf_counter_ctxp = NULL; mutex_init(&child->perf_counter_mutex); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_counter_list); + parent_ctx = parent->perf_counter_ctxp; + if (likely(!parent_ctx || !parent_ctx->nr_counters)) + return 0; + /* * This is executed from the parent task context, so inherit * counters that have been marked for cloning. @@ -3454,11 +3459,7 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_ child_ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct perf_counter_context), GFP_KERNEL); if (!child_ctx) - return; - - parent_ctx = parent->perf_counter_ctxp; - if (likely(!parent_ctx || !parent_ctx->nr_counters)) - return; + return -ENOMEM; __perf_counter_init_context(child_ctx, child); child->perf_counter_ctxp = child_ctx; @@ -3482,8 +3483,9 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_ continue; } - if (inherit_group(counter, parent, - parent_ctx, child, child_ctx)) { + ret = inherit_group(counter, parent, parent_ctx, + child, child_ctx); + if (ret) { inherited_all = 0; break; } @@ -3505,6 +3507,8 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_ } mutex_unlock(&parent_ctx->mutex); + + return ret; } static void __cpuinit perf_counter_init_cpu(int cpu) -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/