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[PATCH 1/2] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks

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From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>

recordmcount edits the file in-place, which can cause problems when
using ccache in hardlink mode.  Arrange for recordmcount to break a
hardlinked object.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E1a7MVT-0000et-62@rmk-PC.arm.linux.org.uk

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.37+
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 scripts/recordmcount.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 698768bdc581..91705ef30402 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ static void *mmap_file(char const *fname)
 		addr = umalloc(sb.st_size);
 		uread(fd_map, addr, sb.st_size);
 	}
+	if (sb.st_nlink != 1) {
+		/* file is hard-linked, break the hard link */
+		close(fd_map);
+		if (unlink(fname) < 0) {
+			perror(fname);
+			fail_file();
+		}
+		fd_map = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, sb.st_mode);
+		if (fd_map < 0) {
+			perror(fname);
+			fail_file();
+		}
+		uwrite(fd_map, addr, sb.st_size);
+	}
 	return addr;
 }
 
-- 
2.6.2


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[PATCH 0/2] [GIT PULL] ftrace/recordmcount: Fix hardlink issue with ccache Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] ftrace/scripts: Have recordmcount copy the object file Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-23 16:30 +0100

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