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-rw-r--r--drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
index 2b7ae366ceb1..c38adb389064 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ static atomic_t buffer_ready = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
*/
void add_event_entry(unsigned long value)
{
+ /*
+ * catch potential error
+ */
+ if (!event_buffer)
+ return;
+
if (buffer_pos == buffer_size) {
atomic_inc(&oprofile_stats.event_lost_overflow);
return;
@@ -92,9 +98,10 @@ out:
void free_event_buffer(void)
{
+ mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
vfree(event_buffer);
-
event_buffer = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
}
@@ -167,6 +174,11 @@ static ssize_t event_buffer_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
+ if (!event_buffer) {
+ retval = -EINTR;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
atomic_set(&buffer_ready, 0);
retval = -EFAULT;