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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-10-30 19:26:39 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-10-30 19:26:39 -1000
commit5e37269945b4d6117770666a40081848558f9501 (patch)
treebf45e1d7970d3f90540dee9a9314d3a97c0bea64
parentbefaa609f4c784f505c02ea3ff036adf4f4aa814 (diff)
parenta19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c (diff)
Merge tag 'pstore-v6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull pstore updates from Kees Cook: - Check for out-of-memory condition during initialization (Jiasheng Jiang) - Fix documentation typos (Tudor Ambarus) * tag 'pstore-v6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup docs: pstore-blk.rst: fix typo, s/console/ftrace docs: pstore-blk.rst: use "about" as a preposition after "care"
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst8
-rw-r--r--fs/pstore/platform.c9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst
index 2d22ead9520e..1bb2a1c292aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ kmsg_size
~~~~~~~~~
The chunk size in KB for oops/panic front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4.
-It's optional if you do not care oops/panic log.
+It's optional if you do not care about the oops/panic log.
There are multiple chunks for oops/panic front-end depending on the remaining
space except other pstore front-ends.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pmsg_size
~~~~~~~~~
The chunk size in KB for pmsg front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4.
-It's optional if you do not care pmsg log.
+It's optional if you do not care about the pmsg log.
Unlike oops/panic front-end, there is only one chunk for pmsg front-end.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ console_size
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The chunk size in KB for console front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4.
-It's optional if you do not care console log.
+It's optional if you do not care about the console log.
Similar to pmsg front-end, there is only one chunk for console front-end.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ftrace_size
~~~~~~~~~~~
The chunk size in KB for ftrace front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4.
-It's optional if you do not care console log.
+It's optional if you do not care about the ftrace log.
Similar to oops front-end, there are multiple chunks for ftrace front-end
depending on the count of cpu processors. Each chunk size is equal to
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index e5bca9a004cc..03425928d2fb 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ out:
*/
int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
{
+ char *new_backend;
+
if (backend && strcmp(backend, psi->name)) {
pr_warn("backend '%s' already in use: ignoring '%s'\n",
backend, psi->name);
@@ -484,11 +486,16 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ new_backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_backend)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
mutex_lock(&psinfo_lock);
if (psinfo) {
pr_warn("backend '%s' already loaded: ignoring '%s'\n",
psinfo->name, psi->name);
mutex_unlock(&psinfo_lock);
+ kfree(new_backend);
return -EBUSY;
}
@@ -521,7 +528,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
* Update the module parameter backend, so it is visible
* through /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend
*/
- backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ backend = new_backend;
pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);