linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 4/26] uprobes: Define hooks for mmap/munmap.

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Message-ID: <20110920170310.GB27959@stefanha-thinkpad.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:03:10 +0100
From:	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 4/26]   uprobes: Define hooks for
 mmap/munmap.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 05:30:40PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +static void build_probe_list(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *head)
> +{
> +	struct uprobe *uprobe;
> +	struct rb_node *n;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	n = uprobes_tree.rb_node;
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&uprobes_treelock, flags);

Not sure whether grabbing root.rb_node outside the spinlock is safe?  If
the tree is rotated on another CPU you could catch and out-of-date node?

> +static void dec_mm_uprobes_count(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +		struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +	struct uprobe *uprobe;
> +	struct rb_node *n;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	n = uprobes_tree.rb_node;
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&uprobes_treelock, flags);

Same here.

Stefan
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