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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:02:53 +0800
From:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
CC:	<tixy@...aro.org>, <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: bugfix: set kprobes_all_disarmed earlier to
 enable re-optimization.

On 2015/1/12 19:24, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2015/01/05 21:31), Wang Nan wrote:
>> In original code, the probed instruction doesn't get optimized after
>>
>> echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/enabled
>> echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/enabled
>>
>> This is because original code checks kprobes_all_disarmed in
>> optimize_kprobe(), but this flag is turned off after calling that
>> function. Therefore, optimize_kprobe() will see
>> kprobes_all_disarmed == true and doesn't do the optimization.
> 
> OK, a workaround is to disable/enable optimizing via sysctl.
> 
>>
>> This patch simply turns off kprobes_all_disarmed earlier to enable
>> optimization.
>>
> 
> Anyway, thank you for finding that! :)
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> 

Hi Masami Hiramatsu,

What about this patch? Are you still thinking on it like
'[PATCH] kprobes: bugfix: checks kprobes_all_disarmed in unoptimized_kprobe()' ?

Thank you.

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> index bad4e95..b185464 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> @@ -2320,6 +2320,12 @@ static void arm_all_kprobes(void)
>>  	if (!kprobes_all_disarmed)
>>  		goto already_enabled;
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * optimize_kprobe() called by arm_kprobe() checks
>> +	 * kprobes_all_disarmed, so set kprobes_all_disarmed before
>> +	 * arm_kprobe.
>> +	 */
>> +	kprobes_all_disarmed = false;
>>  	/* Arming kprobes doesn't optimize kprobe itself */
>>  	for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
>>  		head = &kprobe_table[i];
>> @@ -2328,7 +2334,6 @@ static void arm_all_kprobes(void)
>>  				arm_kprobe(p);
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	kprobes_all_disarmed = false;
>>  	printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally enabled\n");
>>  
>>  already_enabled:
>>
> 
> 


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