linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 5/20] 5: Uprobes: register/unregister probes.

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:02:38 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	SystemTap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 5/20]  5: Uprobes:
 register/unregister probes.

* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> [2011-03-14 12:00:33]:

> On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 19:04 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > +/* Returns 0 if it can install one probe */
> > +int register_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
> > +                               struct uprobe_consumer *consumer)
> > +{
> > +       struct prio_tree_iter iter;
> > +       struct list_head tmp_list;
> > +       struct address_space *mapping;
> > +       struct mm_struct *mm, *tmpmm;
> > +       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > +       struct uprobe *uprobe;
> > +       int ret = -1;
> > +
> > +       if (!inode || !consumer || consumer->next)
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       uprobe = uprobes_add(inode, offset);
> 
> What happens if uprobes_add() returns NULL?
> 
Right again, I should have added a check to see if uprobes_add
hasnt returned NULL.

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar
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