linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip 2/3] kprobes: no need to unlock kprobe_insn

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:08:09 -0400
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH -tip 2/3] kprobes: no need to unlock kprobe_insn_mutex

Remove needless kprobe_insn_mutex unlocking during safety check in garbage
collection, because if someone releases a dirty slot during safety check
(which ensures other cpus doesn't execute all dirty slots), the safety check
must be fail. So, we need to hold the mutex while checking safety.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
---

 kernel/kprobes.c |    6 +-----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index c0fa54b..16b5739 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -237,13 +237,9 @@ static int __kprobes collect_garbage_slots(void)
 {
 	struct kprobe_insn_page *kip;
 	struct hlist_node *pos, *next;
-	int safety;
 
 	/* Ensure no-one is preepmted on the garbages */
-	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_insn_mutex);
-	safety = check_safety();
-	mutex_lock(&kprobe_insn_mutex);
-	if (safety != 0)
+	if (check_safety())
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(kip, pos, next, &kprobe_insn_pages, hlist) {


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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