[PATCH] Text Edit Lock - kprobes architecture independent support(v2)

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Mon Mar 02 2009 - 20:31:37 EST


Use the mutual exclusion provided by the text edit lock in the kprobes code. It
allows coherent manipulation of the kernel code by other subsystems.

Changelog:

Move the kernel_text_lock/unlock out of the for loops.
Use text_mutex directly instead of a function.

(applies on 2.6.29-rc6)

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: ananth@xxxxxxxxxx
CC: anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx
CC: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kprobes.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/kernel/kprobes.c 2009-03-02 19:22:51.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c 2009-03-02 19:27:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>

#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -699,9 +700,10 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
goto out;
}

+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
ret = arch_prepare_kprobe(p);
if (ret)
- goto out;
+ goto out_unlock_text;

INIT_HLIST_NODE(&p->hlist);
hlist_add_head_rcu(&p->hlist,
@@ -709,7 +711,8 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr

if (kprobe_enabled)
arch_arm_kprobe(p);
-
+out_unlock_text:
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
out:
mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);

@@ -746,8 +749,11 @@ valid_p:
* enabled and not gone - otherwise, the breakpoint would
* already have been removed. We save on flushing icache.
*/
- if (kprobe_enabled && !kprobe_gone(old_p))
+ if (kprobe_enabled && !kprobe_gone(old_p)) {
+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
arch_disarm_kprobe(p);
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
+ }
hlist_del_rcu(&old_p->hlist);
} else {
if (p->break_handler && !kprobe_gone(p))
@@ -918,7 +924,6 @@ static int __kprobes pre_handler_kretpro
}

arch_prepare_kretprobe(ri, regs);
-
/* XXX(hch): why is there no hlist_move_head? */
INIT_HLIST_NODE(&ri->hlist);
kretprobe_table_lock(hash, &flags);
@@ -1280,12 +1285,14 @@ static void __kprobes enable_all_kprobes
if (kprobe_enabled)
goto already_enabled;

+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
head = &kprobe_table[i];
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(p, node, head, hlist)
if (!kprobe_gone(p))
arch_arm_kprobe(p);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);

kprobe_enabled = true;
printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally enabled\n");
@@ -1310,6 +1317,7 @@ static void __kprobes disable_all_kprobe

kprobe_enabled = false;
printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally disabled\n");
+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
head = &kprobe_table[i];
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(p, node, head, hlist) {
@@ -1317,7 +1325,7 @@ static void __kprobes disable_all_kprobe
arch_disarm_kprobe(p);
}
}
-
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
/* Allow all currently running kprobes to complete */
synchronize_sched();
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
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