linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip 2/5] kprobes: Remove meaningless BUG_ON from add_new

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Date:   Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:38:33 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Naveen N . Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -tip 2/5] kprobes: Remove meaningless BUG_ON from add_new_kprobe

Before calling add_new_kprobe(), aggr_probe's GONE
flag and kprobe GONE flag are cleared. We don't need
to worry about that flag at this point.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/kprobes.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index d1edd8d5641e..231569e1e2c8 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1259,8 +1259,6 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(cleanup_rp_inst);
 /* Add the new probe to ap->list */
 static int add_new_kprobe(struct kprobe *ap, struct kprobe *p)
 {
-	BUG_ON(kprobe_gone(ap) || kprobe_gone(p));
-
 	if (p->post_handler)
 		unoptimize_kprobe(ap, true);	/* Fall back to normal kprobe */