Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: kprobes: Cleanup preempt disabling and enabling

[Ingo Molnar]

* Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +/*
> + * Interrupts are disabled on entry as trap3 is an interrupt gate and they
> + * remain disabled throughout this function.
> + */
> +int kprobe_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (user_mode(regs))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We don't want to be preempted for the entire
> +	 * duration of kprobe processing.
> +	 */
> +	preempt_disable();
> +
> +	kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
> +	ret = kprobe_int3_dispatcher(regs, kcb);
> +
> +	if (!kprobe_ready_for_singlestep(regs))
> +		preempt_enable_no_resched();
> +
> +	return ret;

What's the point of disabling preemption, if IRQs are disabled already?

There's no preemption when IRQs are off...

Thanks,

	Ingo