Re: [PATCH 0/7] uprobes: single-step fixes

[Srikar Dronamraju]

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2012-09-08 19:06:01]:

> On 09/03, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > Sebastian, I changed your patches a bit:
> >
> > 	1/7:
> >
> > 		- Change the subject and update the changelog. In particular,
> > 		  s/utrace/uprobes/. I am wondering where this typo came from ;)
> 
> Hmm. I just noticed this patch is buggy. arch_uprobe_disable_step(&uprobe->arch)
> is not safe after put_uprobe().
> 
> Srikar, I fixed this in my tree with the following change,
> 
> 	--- kernel/events/uprobes.c~	2012-09-02 16:52:54.000000000 +0200
> 	+++ kernel/events/uprobes.c	2012-09-08 18:56:44.000000000 +0200
> 	@@ -1536,10 +1536,10 @@ static void handle_singlestep(struct upr
> 		else
> 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> 	 
> 	+	arch_uprobe_disable_step(&uprobe->arch);
> 		put_uprobe(uprobe);
> 		utask->active_uprobe = NULL;
> 		utask->state = UTASK_RUNNING;
> 	-	arch_uprobe_disable_step(&uprobe->arch);
> 		xol_free_insn_slot(current);
> 	 
> 		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> 
> I hope your ack is still valid.
> 

Yes, Please merge this into 1/7 patch.

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar

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