linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] uprobes: Turn add_utask() into get

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Date:	Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:52:20 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Frank Eigler <fche@...hat.com>,
	Josh Stone <jistone@...hat.com>,
	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] uprobes: Turn add_utask() into get_utask()

Rename add_utask() into get_utask() and change it to allocate on
demand to simplify the caller. Like get_xol_area() it will have
more users.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   27 +++++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ef81162..b09b3ba 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1290,23 +1290,18 @@ void uprobe_copy_process(struct task_struct *t)
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate a uprobe_task object for the task.
- * Called when the thread hits a breakpoint for the first time.
+ * Allocate a uprobe_task object for the task if if necessary.
+ * Called when the thread hits a breakpoint.
  *
  * Returns:
  * - pointer to new uprobe_task on success
  * - NULL otherwise
  */
-static struct uprobe_task *add_utask(void)
+static struct uprobe_task *get_utask(void)
 {
-	struct uprobe_task *utask;
-
-	utask = kzalloc(sizeof *utask, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!utask))
-		return NULL;
-
-	current->utask = utask;
-	return utask;
+	if (!current->utask)
+		current->utask = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uprobe_task), GFP_KERNEL);
+	return current->utask;
 }
 
 /* Prepare to single-step probed instruction out of line. */
@@ -1505,13 +1500,9 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (unlikely(!test_bit(UPROBE_COPY_INSN, &uprobe->flags)))
 		goto out;
 
-	utask = current->utask;
-	if (!utask) {
-		utask = add_utask();
-		/* Cannot allocate; re-execute the instruction. */
-		if (!utask)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	utask = get_utask();
+	if (!utask)
+		goto out;	/* re-execute the instruction. */
 
 	handler_chain(uprobe, regs);
 	if (can_skip_sstep(uprobe, regs))
-- 
1.5.5.1

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