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Message-ID: <20251001132449.178759-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2025 15:24:49 +0200
From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org,
	Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
	Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@...ch.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] uprobe: Move arch_uprobe_optimize right after handlers execution

It's less confusing to optimize uprobe right after handlers execution
and before we do the check for changed ip register to avoid situations
where changed ip register would skip uprobe optimization.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 5dcf927310fd..c14ec27b976d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -2765,6 +2765,9 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	handler_chain(uprobe, regs);
 
+	/* Try to optimize after first hit. */
+	arch_uprobe_optimize(&uprobe->arch, bp_vaddr);
+
 	/*
 	 * If user decided to take execution elsewhere, it makes little sense
 	 * to execute the original instruction, so let's skip it.
@@ -2772,9 +2775,6 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (instruction_pointer(regs) != bp_vaddr)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* Try to optimize after first hit. */
-	arch_uprobe_optimize(&uprobe->arch, bp_vaddr);
-
 	if (arch_uprobe_skip_sstep(&uprobe->arch, regs))
 		goto out;
 
-- 
2.51.0


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