On a given architecture, when hardware breakpoint registration fails due to un-supported access type (read/write/execute), we loose the bp slot since register_perf_hw_breakpoint() does not release the bp slot on failure. Hence, any subsequent hardware breakpoint registration starts failing with 'no space left on device' error. This patch introduces error handling in register_perf_hw_breakpoint() function and releases bp slot on error. Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar --- kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c index 50dbd59..c030ae6 100644 --- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c +++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ int register_perf_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp) if (!bp->attr.disabled || !bp->overflow_handler) ret = arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(bp, bp->ctx->task); + /* if arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings() fails then release bp slot */ + if (ret) + release_bp_slot(bp); + return ret; } -- 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/