Re: [PATCH] blk queue io tracing support

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Wed, Aug 31 2005, Nathan Scott wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:28:39AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Patch attached is against 2.6.13-rc6-mm2. Still a good idea to apply the
> > relayfs read update from the previous mail [*] as well.
> 
> There's a small memory leak there on one of the start-tracing
> error paths (relay_open failure)... this should plug it up.
> 
> cheers.
> 
> -- 
> Nathan
> 
> 
> Index: 2.6.x-xfs/drivers/block/blktrace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.x-xfs.orig/drivers/block/blktrace.c
> +++ 2.6.x-xfs/drivers/block/blktrace.c
> @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ int blk_start_trace(struct block_device 
>  {
>  	request_queue_t *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
>  	struct blk_user_trace_setup buts;
> -	struct blk_trace *bt;
> +	struct blk_trace *bt = NULL;
>  	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (!q)
>  		return -ENXIO;
> @@ -116,9 +116,14 @@ int blk_start_trace(struct block_device 
>  	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
>  	q->blk_trace = bt;
>  	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> -	ret = 0;
> +
> +	up(&bdev->bd_sem);
> +	return 0;
> +
>  err:
>  	up(&bdev->bd_sem);
> +	if (bt)
> +		kfree(bt);
>  	return ret;
>  }

Indeed, thanks! I've applied the patch, I'll do a new release against
2.6.14-pre/rc/git as soon as relayfs gets merged. Or 2.6.13-mm1, if that
comes first.

BTW, the trace tools now live in a git repo here:

rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/blktrace.git

-- 
Jens Axboe

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