Remove the kprobes mutex from kprobes.h, since it does not belong there. Also remove all use of this mutex in the architecture specific code, replacing it by a proper mutex lock/unlock in the architecture agnostic code. Changelog : - remove unnecessary kprobe_mutex around arch_remove_kprobe() Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli CC: anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com CC: davem@davemloft.net --- arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 -- arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 -- arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 -- arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 -- include/linux/kprobes.h | 2 -- kernel/kprobes.c | 2 ++ 6 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/include/linux/kprobes.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/include/linux/kprobes.h 2008-04-09 10:43:10.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/include/linux/kprobes.h 2008-04-09 10:43:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES #include @@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ static inline int init_test_probes(void) #endif /* CONFIG_KPROBES_SANITY_TEST */ extern spinlock_t kretprobe_lock; -extern struct mutex kprobe_mutex; extern int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p); extern void arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p); extern void arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p); Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:10.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -376,9 +376,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) { - mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, (p->ainsn.boostable == 1)); - mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); } static void __kprobes save_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb) Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:10.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -672,9 +672,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) { - mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, p->ainsn.inst_flag & INST_FLAG_BOOSTABLE); - mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); } /* * We are resuming execution after a single step fault, so the pt_regs Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:10.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) { - mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0); - mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); } static void __kprobes prepare_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs) Index: linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.mm.orig/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:10.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng.mm/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c 2008-04-09 10:43:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) { - mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0); - mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); } static void __kprobes prepare_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs) -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68 -- 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/