[048/105] perf: Fix task_struct reference leak

[Greg KH]

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>

commit fd1edb3aa2c1d92618d8f0c6d15d44ea41fcac6a upstream.

sys_perf_event_open() had an imbalance in the number of task refs it
took causing memory leakage

Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 kernel/perf_event.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -5917,6 +5917,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
+	if (task) {
+		put_task_struct(task);
+		task = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
 	 */


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