[PATCH] kretprobe spinlock deadlock patch
kprobe_flush_task() possibly calls kfree function during holding
kretprobe_lock spinlock, if kfree function is probed by kretprobe that will
incur spinlock deadlock. This patch moves kfree function out scope of
kretprobe_lock.
Signed-off-by: bibo, mao <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
index 7a97544..d98e44b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -396,11 +396,12 @@
fastcall void *__kprobes trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct kretprobe_instance *ri = NULL;
- struct hlist_head *head;
+ struct hlist_head *head, empty_rp;
struct hlist_node *node, *tmp;
unsigned long flags, orig_ret_address = 0;
unsigned long trampoline_address =(unsigned long)&kretprobe_trampoline;
+ INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&empty_rp);
spin_lock_irqsave(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
head = kretprobe_inst_table_head(current);
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@
}
orig_ret_address = (unsigned long)ri->ret_addr;
- recycle_rp_inst(ri);
+ recycle_rp_inst(ri, &empty_rp);
if (orig_ret_address != trampoline_address)
/*
@@ -444,6 +445,10 @@
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ri, node, tmp, &empty_rp, hlist) {
+ hlist_del(&ri->hlist);
+ kfree(ri);
+ }
return (void*)orig_ret_address;
}