Re: [PATCH 4/7] kprobes: Support probing module __exit function

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:56:58 -0500
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> wrote:

> @@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ struct kprobe {
>  	/* list of kprobes for multi-handler support */
>  	struct list_head list;
> 
> -	/* Indicates that the corresponding module has been ref counted */
> -	unsigned int mod_refcounted;
> -
>  	/*count the number of times this probe was temporarily disarmed */
>  	unsigned long nmissed;
> 
> @@ -103,8 +100,19 @@ struct kprobe {
> 
>  	/* copy of the original instruction */
>  	struct arch_specific_insn ainsn;
> +
> +	/* Indicates various status flags */
> +	u32 flags;
>  };
> 
> +/* Kprobe status flags */
> +#define KPROBE_FLAG_GONE	1 /* breakpoint has already gone */
> +
> +static inline int kprobe_gone(struct kprobe *p)
> +{
> +	return p->flags & KPROBE_FLAG_GONE;
> +}

If we're not going to use atomic bitops on kprobe.flags then
modifications to that member will require that the caller hold a lock. 
The comment above that member should describe its locking protocol.  It
seems that it is kprobe_mutex, so...

--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h~kprobes-support-probing-module-__exit-function-fix
+++ a/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct kprobe {
 	/* copy of the original instruction */
 	struct arch_specific_insn ainsn;
 
-	/* Indicates various status flags */
+	/* Indicates various status flags.  Protected by kprobe_mutex. */
 	u32 flags;
 };
 
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yes?