linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] uprobes: document uprobe_register() vs uprobe

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:40:58 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] uprobes: document uprobe_register() vs
	uprobe_mmap() race

On 06/04, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 16:53 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> I didn't check if its my error or not, however:
>
> > @@ -850,6 +869,10 @@ static int register_for_each_vma(struct uprobe *uprobe, bool is_register)
> >
> >  		if (is_register) {
> >  			err = install_breakpoint(uprobe, mm, vma, info->vaddr);
> > +			/*
> > +			 * We can race against uprobe_register(), see the
>
> that should be uprobe_mmap(), since this is the register path ;-)

Oops. Fixed. 2/2 is also changed as you suggested.

I'll wait a bit to collect more comments/reviews and resend.

Thanks!

Oleg.

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