[PATCH] [BUGFIX][RESEND] kprobes: Remove redundant text_mutex lock inoptimize

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon Oct 25 2010 - 09:17:18 EST


Remove text_mutex locking in optimize_all_kprobes, because
this function doesn't modify text. It simply queues probes on
optimization list for kprobe_optimizer worker thread.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---

kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 56a8919..99865c3 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static struct hlist_head kretprobe_inst_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE];
/* NOTE: change this value only with kprobe_mutex held */
static bool kprobes_all_disarmed;

-static DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex); /* Protects kprobe_table */
+/* This protects kprobe_table and optimizing_list */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, kprobe_instance) = NULL;
static struct {
spinlock_t lock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
@@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ static __kprobes void try_to_optimize_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+/* This should be called with kprobe_mutex locked */
static void __kprobes optimize_all_kprobes(void)
{
struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -607,17 +609,16 @@ static void __kprobes optimize_all_kprobes(void)
return;

kprobes_allow_optimization = true;
- 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_disabled(p))
optimize_kprobe(p);
}
- mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally optimized\n");
}

+/* This should be called with kprobe_mutex locked */
static void __kprobes unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
{
struct hlist_head *head;

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