Re: [PATCH 0/7] blktrace: various cleanups and fixes

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Mar 20 2009 - 06:21:55 EST



* Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> While trying to use blktrace in -tip tree, I encounted kernel NULL
> dereference, so I looked into the code, and then found some other
> bugs.
>
> This patchset is part 1, and I have some other pending fixes.
>
> Each patch is small and straightforward, and should be easy to review:
>
> [PATCH 1/7] blktrace: fix possible memory leak
> [PATCH 2/7] blktrace: make blk_tracer_enabled a bool flag
> [PATCH 3/7] blktrace: remove blk_probe_mutex
> [PATCH 4/7] blktrace: don't increase blk_probes_ref if failed to setup blk trace
> [PATCH 5/7] blktrace: report EBUSY correctly
> [PATCH 6/7] blktrace: remove sysfs_blk_trace_enable_show/store()
> [PATCH 7/7] blktrace: avoid accessing NULL bdev->bd_disk
> ---
> blktrace.c | 154 +++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nice fixes. Applied to tip:tracing/blktrace, thanks!

Ingo
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