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-rw-r--r--arch/um/drivers/xterm.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c7
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/xterm.c b/arch/um/drivers/xterm.c
index 386f8b952982..850221d9b4c9 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/xterm.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/xterm.c
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ int xterm_open(int input, int output, int primary, void *d,
return(pid);
}
- if(data->stack == 0) free_stack(stack, 0);
-
if (data->direct_rcv) {
new = os_rcv_fd(fd, &data->helper_pid);
} else {
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index 8a78bf03b468..d13299cfa318 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ static int helper_child(void *arg)
}
/* Returns either the pid of the child process we run or -E* on failure.
- * XXX The alloc_stack here breaks if this is called in the tracing thread */
+ * XXX The alloc_stack here breaks if this is called in the tracing thread, so
+ * we need to receive a preallocated stack (a local buffer is ok). */
int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
unsigned long *stack_out)
{
@@ -113,10 +114,8 @@ out_close:
close(fds[1]);
close(fds[0]);
out_free:
- if (stack_out == NULL)
+ if ((stack_out == NULL) || (*stack_out == 0))
free_stack(stack, 0);
- else
- *stack_out = stack;
return ret;
}
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