linux-kernel - [PATCH][RESEND] tracepoint: Check if the probe has been registered

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Message-ID: <48FF5F8F.6070202@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:14:55 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH][RESEND] tracepoint: Check if the probe has been registered

If we try to remove a probe that has not been already registered,
the tracepoint_entry_remove_probe() function will dereference a NULL
pointer.
Check the probe before removing it to avoid crashes.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/tracepoint.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index f2b7c28..af8c856 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ tracepoint_entry_remove_probe(struct tracepoint_entry *entry, void *probe)
 
 	old = entry->funcs;
 
+	if (!old)
+		return NULL;
+
 	debug_print_probes(entry);
 	/* (N -> M), (N > 1, M >= 0) probes */
 	for (nr_probes = 0; old[nr_probes]; nr_probes++) {
@@ -388,6 +391,11 @@ int tracepoint_probe_unregister(const char *name, void *probe)
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
 		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = tracepoint_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe);
+	if (!old) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: Trying to unregister a probe"
+				    "that doesn't exist\n");
+		goto end;
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
 	tracepoint_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);

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