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Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:06:37 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/urgent] perf_counter: x86: Fix PMU resource leak

Commit-ID:  a1792cdacaf5180e04e07811e220c4a3b4a9c33e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a1792cdacaf5180e04e07811e220c4a3b4a9c33e
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:04:47 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:53:57 +0200

perf_counter: x86: Fix PMU resource leak

Dave noticed that we leak the PMU resource reservations when we
fail the hardware counter init.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Acked-by: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
LKML-Reference: <1252483487.7746.164.camel@...ns>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index dbdf712..a6c8b27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -924,6 +924,8 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
+
 	/*
 	 * Generate PMC IRQs:
 	 * (keep 'enabled' bit clear for now)
@@ -953,8 +955,6 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
-
 	/*
 	 * Raw event type provide the config in the event structure
 	 */
@@ -2107,8 +2107,11 @@ const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	int err;
 
 	err = __hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (counter->destroy)
+			counter->destroy(counter);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
 	return &pmu;
 }
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