linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] tracing: remove igrab() iput() call from uprobes.c

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:03:49 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@...com>,
        Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] tracing: remove igrab() iput() call from uprobes.c

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com> wrote:
> Caller of uprobe_register is required to keep the inode and containing
> mount point referenced.
>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@...com>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
> ---
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index ce6848e..20486bb 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
>         if (!uprobe)
>                 return NULL;
>
> -       uprobe->inode = igrab(inode);

Where has the assignment gone?

Testing your changes would not hurt...

Thanks,
Miklos