If the read loop in trace_buffers_splice_read() keeps failing due to memory allocation failures without reading even a single page then this function will keep busy looping.
Remove the risk for that by exiting the function if memory allocation failures are seen. Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <[email protected]> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index e67d0de..e838c96 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, }; struct buffer_ref *ref; int entries, size, i; - ssize_t ret; + ssize_t ret = 0; mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); @@ -5539,13 +5539,16 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, int r; ref = kzalloc(sizeof(*ref), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!ref) + if (!ref) { + ret = -ENOMEM; break; + } ref->ref = 1; ref->buffer = iter->trace_buffer->buffer; ref->page = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(ref->buffer, iter->cpu_file); if (!ref->page) { + ret = -ENOMEM; kfree(ref); break; } @@ -5583,6 +5586,9 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, /* did we read anything? */ if (!spd.nr_pages) { + if (ret) + goto out; + if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) || (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK)) { ret = -EAGAIN; goto out; -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
