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Message-ID: <51020566.6040408@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:09:10 -0500
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, fweisbec@...il.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	ananth@...ibm.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com,
	jbaron@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] kprobes: constify check_kprobe_address_safe and friends

Hello Masami,

Thank you for your review!

My comments are below.

On 01/21/2013 06:49 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2013/01/10 8:09), Sasha Levin wrote:
>> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int __kprobes can_optimize(unsigned long paddr)
>>  }
>>  
>>  /* Check optimized_kprobe can actually be optimized. */
>> -int __kprobes arch_check_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
>> +int __kprobes arch_check_optimized_kprobe(const struct optimized_kprobe *op)
>>  {
>>  	int i;
>>  	struct kprobe *p;
> 
> This can be change optimized_kprobe inside, e.g. change flags.
> IMHO, I don't like to change this interface.

[snip]

>> -static __kprobes int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
>> +static __kprobes int check_kprobe_address_safe(const struct kprobe *p,
>>  					       struct module **probed_mod)
>>  {
>>  	int ret = 0;
>>
> 
> No, p is NOT constant in this function. This changes p->flags.
> 
> ---
> #ifdef KPROBES_CAN_USE_FTRACE
>                 /* Given address is not on the instruction boundary */
>                 if ((unsigned long)p->addr != ftrace_addr)
>                         return -EILSEQ;
>                 p->flags |= KPROBE_FLAG_FTRACE;
> #else   /* !KPROBES_CAN_USE_FTRACE */

As to arch_check_optimized_kprobe() and check_kprobe_address_safe(), this
is simply way too confusing. It doesn't make sense that a function named
check_[...]() would modify any of it's parameters.

For example, that entire block within KPROBES_CAN_USE_FTRACE should be split
out and go into update_kprobe_for_ftrace() or something similar.

If that makes sense, I can send a patch to split out all the parts that
modify anything in those two functions out of them.


Thanks,
Sasha
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