Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753222Ab3JWJbo (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:31:44 -0400 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:64141 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751913Ab3JWJbn (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:31:43 -0400 From: Tiejun Chen To: CC: , , Subject: [v6][PATCH 4/5] powerpc/kgdb: use DEFINE_PER_CPU to allocate kgdb's thread_info Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:31:24 +0800 Message-ID: <1382520685-11609-5-git-send-email-tiejun.chen@windriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 In-Reply-To: <1382520685-11609-1-git-send-email-tiejun.chen@windriver.com> References: <1382520685-11609-1-git-send-email-tiejun.chen@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1624 Lines: 46 Use DEFINE_PER_CPU to allocate thread_info statically instead of kmalloc(). This can avoid introducing more memory check codes. Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen --- arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c index c1eef24..447c14b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -151,15 +151,15 @@ static int kgdb_handle_breakpoint(struct pt_regs *regs) return 1; } +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct thread_info, kgdb_thread_info); static int kgdb_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs) { struct thread_info *thread_info, *exception_thread_info; - struct thread_info *backup_current_thread_info; + struct thread_info *backup_current_thread_info = &__get_cpu_var(kgdb_thread_info); if (user_mode(regs)) return 0; - backup_current_thread_info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct thread_info), GFP_KERNEL); /* * On Book E and perhaps other processors, singlestep is handled on * the critical exception stack. This causes current_thread_info() @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static int kgdb_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs) /* Restore current_thread_info lastly. */ memcpy(exception_thread_info, backup_current_thread_info, sizeof *thread_info); - kfree(backup_current_thread_info); return 1; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/