linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable

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Message-ID: <51BFD6EF.1060805@hitachi.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:35 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable_lock

(2013/06/18 0:18), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>> because
>> those calls are the reason why I have introduced this lock.
> 
> Please do not hesitate to nack this patch if you think that we should
> keep probe_enable_lock for safety even if it is not currently needed.
> In this case I'd suggest to move lock/unlock into kprobe_register()
> but this is minor.

Oh, I agree with removing probe_enable_lock itself :)
I just concerned only about the exceptional case of __init test
function, which can mislead someone to use enable/disable_trace_probe
at other racy point.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com


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