linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/11] uprobes: Change handle_trampoline() to flush the frames invalidated by longjmp()

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Message-ID: <20150710115538.GH26095@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:25:38 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <arapov@...il.com>,
	David Long <dave.long@...aro.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jan Willeke <willeke@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Mark Wielaard <mjw@...hat.com>,
	Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/11] uprobes: Change handle_trampoline() to flush
 the frames invalidated by longjmp()

> Change handle_trampoline() to unwind ->return_instances until we know
> that the next chain is alive or NULL, this ensures that the current
> chain is the last we need to report and free.
> 
> Alternatively, every return_instance could use unique trampoline_vaddr,
> in this case we could use it as a key. And this could solve the problem
> with sigaltstack() automatically.
> 
> But this approach needs more changes, and it puts the "hard" limit on
> MAX_URETPROBE_DEPTH. Plus it can not solve another problem partially
> fixed by the next patch.
> 
> Note: this change has no effect on !x86, the arch-agnostic version of
> arch_uretprobe_is_alive() just returns "true".
> 
> TODO: as documented by the previous change, arch_uretprobe_is_alive()
> can be fooled by sigaltstack/etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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