From 4a2bb6fcc80e6330ca2f2393e98605052cc7780b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masami Hiramatsu Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:08:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: No need to unlock kprobe_insn_mutex Remove needless kprobe_insn_mutex unlocking during safety check in garbage collection, because if someone releases a dirty slot during safety check (which ensures other cpus doesn't execute all dirty slots), the safety check must be fail. So, we need to hold the mutex while checking safety. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Jim Keniston Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli LKML-Reference: <20090630210809.17851.28781.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/kprobes.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c index c0fa54b276d..16b5739c516 100644 --- a/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -237,13 +237,9 @@ static int __kprobes collect_garbage_slots(void) { struct kprobe_insn_page *kip; struct hlist_node *pos, *next; - int safety; /* Ensure no-one is preepmted on the garbages */ - mutex_unlock(&kprobe_insn_mutex); - safety = check_safety(); - mutex_lock(&kprobe_insn_mutex); - if (safety != 0) + if (check_safety()) return -EAGAIN; hlist_for_each_entry_safe(kip, pos, next, &kprobe_insn_pages, hlist) {