linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] xen/time: Check that the per_cpu data structure has data before freeing.

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Message-ID: <1370447678-22367-9-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] xen/time: Check that the per_cpu data structure has data
 before freeing.

We don't check whether the per_cpu data structure has actually
been freed in the past. This checks it and if it has been freed
in the past then just continues on without double-freeing.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/time.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/time.c b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
index 011f1bf..6a56ae0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
@@ -434,10 +434,13 @@ void xen_teardown_timer(int cpu)
 	struct clock_event_device *evt;
 	BUG_ON(cpu == 0);
 	evt = &per_cpu(xen_clock_events, cpu).evt;
-	unbind_from_irqhandler(evt->irq, NULL);
-	evt->irq = -1;
-	kfree(per_cpu(xen_clock_events, cpu).name);
-	per_cpu(xen_clock_events, cpu).name = NULL;
+
+	if (evt->irq >= 0) {
+		unbind_from_irqhandler(evt->irq, NULL);
+		evt->irq = -1;
+		kfree(per_cpu(xen_clock_events, cpu).name);
+		per_cpu(xen_clock_events, cpu).name = NULL;
+	}
 }

 void xen_setup_cpu_clockevents(void)
-- 
1.8.1.4

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