From b23ff0e9330e4b11e18af984d50573598e10e7f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mahesh Salgaonkar Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:25:16 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] hw_breakpoints: Release the bp slot if arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings() fails. On a given architecture, when hardware breakpoint registration fails due to un-supported access type (read/write/execute), we lose 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 Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: K. Prasad Cc: Maneesh Soni LKML-Reference: <20100121125516.GA32521@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker --- kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c index 50dbd5999588..c030ae657f20 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; } -- 2.30.2