linux-kernel - Re: [for-next][PATCH 4/8] ftrace: Reset fgd->hash in ftrace_graph

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Message-ID: <20170203095750.3e70e816@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 09:57:50 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [for-next][PATCH 4/8] ftrace: Reset fgd->hash in
 ftrace_graph_write()

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 23:49:38 +0900
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> >
> > fgd->hash is saved and then freed, but is never reset to either
> > ftrace_graph_hash nor ftrace_graph_notrace_hash. But if multiple reads are
> > performed, then the freed hash could be accessed again.  
> 
> Argh, right.  Btw did you mean multiple "write" not "read", no?
> 

Argh, right! or "write" I mean.

;-)

-- Steve