ksym_tracer: Fix breakpoint removal after modification

The error path of a breakpoint modification is broken in
the ksym tracer. A modified breakpoint hlist node is immediately
released after its removal. Also we leak a breakpoint in this
case.

Fix the path.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <1259210142-5714-1-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c b/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
index 11935b53a6cb93e95c3088f99969389f4798142f..9f040e42f516fa75cdf300dd271151c52a8e004c 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
@@ -339,14 +339,20 @@ static ssize_t ksym_trace_filter_write(struct file *file,
                                        ksym_hbp_handler, true);
                        if (IS_ERR(entry->ksym_hbp))
                                entry->ksym_hbp = NULL;
-                       if (!entry->ksym_hbp)
+
+                       /* modified without problem */
+                       if (entry->ksym_hbp) {
+                               ret = 0;
                                goto out;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       ret = 0;
                }
+               /* Error or "symbol:---" case: drop it */
                ksym_filter_entry_count--;
                hlist_del_rcu(&(entry->ksym_hlist));
                synchronize_rcu();
                kfree(entry);
-               ret = 0;
                goto out;
        } else {
                /* Check for malformed request: (4) */