From 7fdba1ca10462f42ad2246b918fe6368f5ce488e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:41:54 +0200 Subject: perf, x86: Avoid kfree() in CPU_STARTING On -rt kfree() can schedule, but CPU_STARTING is before the CPU is fully up and running. These are contradictory, so avoid it. Instead push the kfree() to CPU_ONLINE where we're free to schedule. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kwd4j6ayld5thrscvaxgjquv@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c index 941caa2e449b..ee9436c3e5d6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void amd_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu) continue; if (nb->nb_id == nb_id) { - kfree(cpuc->amd_nb); + cpuc->kfree_on_online = cpuc->amd_nb; cpuc->amd_nb = nb; break; } -- cgit