linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] jump label: Fix deadlock b/w jump_label_mutex vs. text

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Message-ID: <1287195370.16971.41.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:16:10 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] jump label: Fix deadlock b/w jump_label_mutex vs.
 text_mutex

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 22:55 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 16:09 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > +void jump_label_lock(void)
> > +{
> > +       mutex_lock(&jump_label_mutex);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > @@ -1145,13 +1145,16 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> >                 return ret;
> >  
> >         preempt_disable();
> > +       jump_label_lock();
> 
> How exactly does that work?

Ouch! Good catch!

I'll do the James Bottomley and blame jet lag ;-)

-- Steve

> 
> >         if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
> >             in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
> >             ftrace_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr) ||
> >             jump_label_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr)) {
> >                 preempt_enable();
> > +               jump_label_unlock();
> >                 return -EINVAL;
> >         }
> > +       jump_label_unlock(); 


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