[005/146] [CPUFREQ] Fix memory leak in cpufreq_stat

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jun 01 2011 - 04:06:49 EST


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

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From: steven finney <Steven.Finney@xxxxxxxx>

commit 98586ed8b8878e10691203687e89a42fa3355300 upstream.

When a CPU is taken offline in an SMP system, cpufreq_remove_dev()
nulls out the per-cpu policy before cpufreq_stats_free_table() can
make use of it. cpufreq_stats_free_table() then skips the
call to sysfs_remove_group(), leaving about 100 bytes of sysfs-related
memory unclaimed each time a CPU-removal occurs. Break up
cpu_stats_free_table into sysfs and table portions, and
call the sysfs portion early.

Signed-off-by: Steven Finney <steven.finney@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -165,17 +165,27 @@ static int freq_table_get_index(struct c
return -1;
}

+/* should be called late in the CPU removal sequence so that the stats
+ * memory is still available in case someone tries to use it.
+ */
static void cpufreq_stats_free_table(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct cpufreq_stats *stat = per_cpu(cpufreq_stats_table, cpu);
- struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
- if (policy && policy->cpu == cpu)
- sysfs_remove_group(&policy->kobj, &stats_attr_group);
if (stat) {
kfree(stat->time_in_state);
kfree(stat);
}
per_cpu(cpufreq_stats_table, cpu) = NULL;
+}
+
+/* must be called early in the CPU removal sequence (before
+ * cpufreq_remove_dev) so that policy is still valid.
+ */
+static void cpufreq_stats_free_sysfs(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+ if (policy && policy->cpu == cpu)
+ sysfs_remove_group(&policy->kobj, &stats_attr_group);
if (policy)
cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
}
@@ -316,6 +326,9 @@ static int __cpuinit cpufreq_stat_cpu_ca
case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
cpufreq_update_policy(cpu);
break;
+ case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
+ cpufreq_stats_free_sysfs(cpu);
+ break;
case CPU_DEAD:
case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
cpufreq_stats_free_table(cpu);
@@ -324,9 +337,11 @@ static int __cpuinit cpufreq_stat_cpu_ca
return NOTIFY_OK;
}

+/* priority=1 so this will get called before cpufreq_remove_dev */
static struct notifier_block cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier __refdata =
{
.notifier_call = cpufreq_stat_cpu_callback,
+ .priority = 1,
};

static struct notifier_block notifier_policy_block = {


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