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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:18:35 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Frank Eigler <fche@...hat.com>,
	Josh Stone <jistone@...hat.com>,
	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] uprobes: Fix utask->xol_vaddr leak in pre_ssout()

> > >  	utask->vaddr = bp_vaddr;
> > >
> > > -	return arch_uprobe_pre_xol(&uprobe->arch, regs);
> > > +	err = arch_uprobe_pre_xol(&uprobe->arch, regs);
> > > +	if (unlikely(err)) {
> > > +		xol_free_insn_slot(current);
> > > +		return err;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > >  }
> >
> > Nit: we could reduce a line or two with
> >
> > 	err = arch_uprobe_pre_xol(&uprobe->arch, regs);
> > 	if (unlikely(err))
> > 		xol_free_insn_slot(current);
> >
> > 	return err;
> 
> Yes, but this is also preparation for the next patch which adds more
> code after arch_uprobe_pre_xol() == 0.
> 

Agree

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar

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