Re: [PATCH 3/7] uprobes: Do not delete uprobe ifuprobe_unregister() fails

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Sat Oct 06 2012 - 04:48:28 EST


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2012-09-30 21:42:04]:

> delete_uprobe() must not be called if register_for_each_vma(false)
> fails to remove all breakpoints, __uprobe_unregister() is correct.
> The problem is that register_for_each_vma(false) always returns 0
> and thus this logic does not work.
>
> 1. Change verify_opcode() to return 0 rather than -EINVAL when
> unregister detects the !is_swbp insn, we can treat this case
> as success and currently unregister paths ignore the error
> code anyway.
>
> 2. Change remove_breakpoint() to propagate the error code from
> write_opcode().
>
> 3. Change register_for_each_vma(is_register => false) to remove
> as much breakpoints as possible but return non-zero if
> remove_breakpoint() fails at least once.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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