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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-11-28 11:27:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-11-28 11:27:57 -0800
commitcb3599926e3e7b3678583195effa61a03026ab0e (patch)
tree775419d69e8732ba3f4933d3b7a07e98ae555458 /fs
parent4244cb482e8eab18142162a27c8829a04585863a (diff)
parentf6f8285132907757ef84ef8dae0a1244b8cde6ac (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux: pstore: pass allocated memory region back to caller
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/pstore/platform.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 2bd620f0d796..57bbf9078ac8 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
}
psinfo = psi;
+ mutex_init(&psinfo->read_mutex);
spin_unlock(&pstore_lock);
if (owner && !try_module_get(owner)) {
@@ -195,30 +196,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
void pstore_get_records(int quiet)
{
struct pstore_info *psi = psinfo;
+ char *buf = NULL;
ssize_t size;
u64 id;
enum pstore_type_id type;
struct timespec time;
int failed = 0, rc;
- unsigned long flags;
if (!psi)
return;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
+ mutex_lock(&psi->read_mutex);
rc = psi->open(psi);
if (rc)
goto out;
- while ((size = psi->read(&id, &type, &time, psi)) > 0) {
- rc = pstore_mkfile(type, psi->name, id, psi->buf, (size_t)size,
+ while ((size = psi->read(&id, &type, &time, &buf, psi)) > 0) {
+ rc = pstore_mkfile(type, psi->name, id, buf, (size_t)size,
time, psi);
+ kfree(buf);
+ buf = NULL;
if (rc && (rc != -EEXIST || !quiet))
failed++;
}
psi->close(psi);
out:
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&psi->read_mutex);
if (failed)
printk(KERN_WARNING "pstore: failed to load %d record(s) from '%s'\n",