Re: [PATCH v4 3.0-rc2-tip 7/22] 7: uprobes: mmap and fork hooks.

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 20:23 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> int __register_uprobe(...)
> {
>   uprobe = alloc_uprobe(...); // find or insert in tree
> 
>   vma_prio_tree_foreach(..) {
>     // get mm ref, add to list blah blah
>   }
> 
>   list_for_each_entry_safe() {
>     // del from list etc..
>     down_read(mm->mmap_sem);
>     ret = install_breakpoint();
>     if (ret && (ret != -ESRCH || ret != -EEXIST)) {
>       up_read(..);
>       goto fail;
>   }
> 
>   return 0;
> 
> fail:
>   list_for_each_entry_safe() {
>     // del from list, put mm
>   }
> 
>   return ret;
> }
> 
> void __unregister_uprobe(...)
> {
>   uprobe = find_uprobe(); // ref++
>   if (delete_consumer(...)); // includes tree removal on last consumer
>                              // implies we own the last ref
>      return; // consumers
> 
>   vma_prio_tree_foreach() {
>      // create list
>   }
> 
>   list_for_each_entry_safe() {
>     // remove from list
>     remove_breakpoint(); // unconditional, if it wasn't there
>                          // its a nop anyway, can't get any new
>                          // new probes on account of holding
>                          // uprobes_mutex and mmap() doesn't see
>                          // it due to tree removal.
>   }

   put_uprobe(); // last ref, *poof*
> }
> 
> int register_uprobe(...)
> {
>   int ret;
> 
>   mutex_lock(&uprobes_mutex);
>   ret = __register_uprobe(...);
>   if (!ret)
>     __unregister_uprobe(...);
>   mutex_unlock(&uprobes_mutex);
> 
>   ret;
> }
> 
> int mmap_uprobe(...)
> {
>   spin_lock(&uprobes_treelock);
>   for_each_probe_in_inode() {
>     // create list;
>   }
>   spin_unlock(..);
> 
>   list_for_each_entry_safe() {
>     // remove from list
>     ret = install_breakpoint();
>     if (ret)
>       goto fail;
>     if (!uprobe_still_there()) // takes treelock
>       remove_breakpoint();
>   }
> 
>   return 0;
> 
> fail:
>   list_for_each_entry_safe() {
>     // destroy list
>   }
>   return ret;
> } 
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