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tracing: Kill the unbalanced tr->ref++ in tracing_buffers_open()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:36:44 +0000 (17:36 +0200)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:32:22 +0000 (14:32 -0400)
tracing_buffers_open() does trace_array_get() and then it wrongly
inrcements tr->ref again under trace_types_lock. This means that
every caller leaks trace_array:

# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
# mkdir instances/X
# true < instances/X/per_cpu/cpu0/trace_pipe_raw
# rmdir instances/X
rmdir: failed to remove `instances/X': Device or resource busy

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130719153644.GA18899@redhat.com
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace.c

index 7d9ceab42564f2dd0943cf409daee6119b96f440..3f2477713acaa9ea17ed54be7e79a4e0794d4c17 100644 (file)
@@ -4959,8 +4959,6 @@ static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
        mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-       tr->ref++;
-
        info->iter.tr           = tr;
        info->iter.cpu_file     = tc->cpu;
        info->iter.trace        = tr->current_trace;