linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip v3 1/5] [BUGFIX] kprobes: Fix selftest to clear flags field for reusing probes

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Message-ID: <20100519165312.31828.95237.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 12:53:12 -0400
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: [PATCH -tip v3 1/5] [BUGFIX] kprobes: Fix selftest to clear flags
	field for reusing probes

Fix selftest to clear flags field for reusing probes
because the flags field can be modified by Kprobes.

Changes in v3:
 - Set kp.addr = NULL according to Ananth's comment.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
---

 kernel/test_kprobes.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/test_kprobes.c b/kernel/test_kprobes.c
index 4f10451..f8b11a2 100644
--- a/kernel/test_kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/test_kprobes.c
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ static int test_kprobes(void)
 	int ret;
 	struct kprobe *kps[2] = {&kp, &kp2};
 
-	kp.addr = 0; /* addr should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	/* addr and flags should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	kp.addr = NULL;
+	kp.flags = 0;
 	ret = register_kprobes(kps, 2);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Kprobe smoke test failed: "
@@ -210,7 +212,9 @@ static int test_jprobes(void)
 	int ret;
 	struct jprobe *jps[2] = {&jp, &jp2};
 
-	jp.kp.addr = 0; /* addr should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	/* addr and flags should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	jp.kp.addr = NULL;
+	jp.kp.flags = 0;
 	ret = register_jprobes(jps, 2);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Kprobe smoke test failed: "
@@ -323,7 +327,9 @@ static int test_kretprobes(void)
 	int ret;
 	struct kretprobe *rps[2] = {&rp, &rp2};
 
-	rp.kp.addr = 0; /* addr should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	/* addr and flags should be cleard for reusing kprobe. */
+	rp.kp.addr = NULL;
+	rp.kp.flags = 0;
 	ret = register_kretprobes(rps, 2);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Kprobe smoke test failed: "


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu
e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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