linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 5/20] 5: Uprobes: register/unregister probes.

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:15:44 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	SystemTap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 5/20]  5: Uprobes:
 register/unregister probes.

On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 15:28 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +/* Returns 0 if it can install one probe */
> +int register_uprobe(struct inode *inode, unsigned long offset,
> +                               struct uprobe_consumer *consumer)
> +{
> +       struct prio_tree_iter iter;
> +       struct list_head tmp_list;
> +       struct address_space *mapping;
> +       struct mm_struct *mm, *tmpmm;
> +       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> +       struct uprobe *uprobe;
> +       int ret = -1;
> +
> +       if (!inode || !consumer || consumer->next)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       uprobe = uprobes_add(inode, offset);
> +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp_list);
> +
> +       mapping = inode->i_mapping;
> +
> +       mutex_lock(&uprobes_mutex);
> +       if (uprobe->consumers) {
> +               ret = 0;
> +               goto consumers_add;
> +       }
> +
> +       spin_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
> +       vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &mapping->i_mmap, 0, 0) {
> +               if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users))
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               mm = vma->vm_mm;
> +               if (!valid_vma(vma)) {
> +                       mmput(mm);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +
> +               list_add(&mm->uprobes_list, &tmp_list);
> +               mm->uprobes_vaddr = vma->vm_start + offset;
> +       }
> +       spin_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);

Both this and unregister are racy, what is to say:
 - the vma didn't get removed from the mm
 - no new matching vma got added

> +       if (list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
> +               ret = 0;
> +               goto consumers_add;
> +       }
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe(mm, tmpmm, &tmp_list, uprobes_list) {
> +               if (!install_uprobe(mm, uprobe))
> +                       ret = 0;
> +               list_del(&mm->uprobes_list);
> +               mmput(mm);
> +       }
> +
> +consumers_add:
> +       add_consumer(uprobe, consumer);
> +       mutex_unlock(&uprobes_mutex);
> +       put_uprobe(uprobe);
> +       return ret;
> +}
> + 
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