From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile: fix uninitialized use of struct op_entry
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:26:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090117162657.GE10825@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1232208807-26699-1-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com>
* Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> wrote:
> In case of losing samples struct op_entry could have been used
> uninitialized causing e.g. a wrong preemtion count or NULL pointer
> access. This patch fixes this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
> ---
> drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c | 5 +++++
> drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
applied to tip/core/urgent, thanks Robert!
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-17 16:27 UTC|newest]
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2009-01-17 16:13 [PATCH] oprofile: fix uninitialized use of struct op_entry Robert Richter
2009-01-17 16:26 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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