linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 3/30] uprobes: register/unregister probes.

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Date:	Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:29:54 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 3/30] uprobes: register/unregister probes.

On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 16:37 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +static void __unregister_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
> +                                               struct uprobe *uprobe)
> +{
> +       struct list_head try_list;
> +       struct address_space *mapping;
> +       struct vma_info *vi, *tmpvi;
> +       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> +       struct mm_struct *mm;
> +       loff_t vaddr;
> +
> +       mapping = inode->i_mapping;
> +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&try_list);
> +       while ((vi = find_next_vma_info(&try_list, offset,
> +                                               mapping, false)) != NULL) {
> +               if (IS_ERR(vi))
> +                       break;

So what kind of half-assed state are we left in if we try an unregister
under memory pressure and how do we deal with that?

> +               mm = vi->mm;
> +               down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +               vma = find_vma(mm, (unsigned long)vi->vaddr);
> +               if (!vma || !valid_vma(vma, false)) {
> +                       list_del(&vi->probe_list);
> +                       kfree(vi);
> +                       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +                       mmput(mm);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +               vaddr = vma->vm_start + offset;
> +               vaddr -= vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +               if (vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host != inode ||
> +                                               vaddr != vi->vaddr) {
> +                       list_del(&vi->probe_list);
> +                       kfree(vi);
> +                       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +                       mmput(mm);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +               remove_breakpoint(mm);
> +               up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +               mmput(mm);
> +       }
> +
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe(vi, tmpvi, &try_list, probe_list) {
> +               list_del(&vi->probe_list);
> +               kfree(vi);
> +       }
> +       delete_uprobe(uprobe);
> +} 
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