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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
index e2621fbbcbd1..9529a30ec57b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_init_rwsem);
void percpu_free_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
{
+ /*
+ * XXX: temporary kludge. The error path in alloc_super()
+ * assumes that percpu_free_rwsem() is safe after kzalloc().
+ */
+ if (!brw->fast_read_ctr)
+ return;
+
free_percpu(brw->fast_read_ctr);
brw->fast_read_ctr = NULL; /* catch use after free bugs */
}