Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] uprobes: Change prepare_uretprobe() to (try to) flush the dead frames

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Fri Jul 10 2015 - 07:57:32 EST


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2015-07-07 03:23:06]:

> Change prepare_uretprobe() to flush the !arch_uretprobe_is_alive()
> return_instance's. This is not needed correctness-wise, but can help
> to avoid the failure caused by MAX_URETPROBE_DEPTH.
>
> Note: in this case arch_uretprobe_is_alive() can be false positive,
> the stack can grow after longjmp(). Unfortunately, the kernel can't
> 100% solve this problem, but see the next patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/