Re: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable_lock

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon Jun 17 2013 - 23:41:51 EST


(2013/06/18 0:18), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>> because
>> those calls are the reason why I have introduced this lock.
>
> Please do not hesitate to nack this patch if you think that we should
> keep probe_enable_lock for safety even if it is not currently needed.
> In this case I'd suggest to move lock/unlock into kprobe_register()
> but this is minor.

Oh, I agree with removing probe_enable_lock itself :)
I just concerned only about the exceptional case of __init test
function, which can mislead someone to use enable/disable_trace_probe
at other racy point.

Thank you,

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Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx


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