[PATCH] oprofile, arm: initialize perf_event pointers with NULL

From: Robert Richter
Date: Mon Aug 30 2010 - 12:21:55 EST


The pointers must be NULL'ed to avoid double-freeing the pointers in
rare cases during reinitialization.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/oprofile/common.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index c3652f7..d660cb8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
{
int cpu, ret = 0;

+ memset(&perf_events, 0, sizeof(perf_events));
+
perf_num_counters = armpmu_get_max_events();

counter_config = kcalloc(perf_num_counters,
--
1.7.1.1


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Operating System Research Center

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