Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] tracing: remove igrab() iput() call from uprobes.c

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:56:25 -0700
Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Caller of uprobe_register is required to keep the inode and containing
> mount point referenced.

I would add a little more background to why this is the case. Also a
possible link to the conversation?

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAELBmZB2XX=qEOLAdvGG4cPx4GEntcSnWQquJLUK1ongRj35cA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

?

-- Steve

> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index ce6848e..20486bb 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
>  	if (!uprobe)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	uprobe->inode = igrab(inode);
>  	uprobe->offset = offset;
>  	init_rwsem(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
>  	init_rwsem(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
> @@ -502,7 +501,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
>  	if (cur_uprobe) {
>  		kfree(uprobe);
>  		uprobe = cur_uprobe;
> -		iput(inode);
>  	}
>  
>  	return uprobe;
> @@ -701,7 +699,6 @@ static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
>  	rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
>  	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
>  	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
> -	iput(uprobe->inode);
>  	put_uprobe(uprobe);
>  }
>  
> @@ -873,7 +870,8 @@ static void __uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *u
>   * tuple).  Creation refcount stops uprobe_unregister from freeing the
>   * @uprobe even before the register operation is complete. Creation
>   * refcount is released when the last @uc for the @uprobe
> - * unregisters.
> + * unregisters. Caller of uprobe_register() is required to keep @inode
> + * (and the containing mount) referenced.
>   *
>   * Return errno if it cannot successully install probes
>   * else return 0 (success)