Re: [PATCH] kprobes: fix trace_probe flags in enable_trace_kprobe

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Wed Jul 25 2018 - 11:39:24 EST


On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:21:51 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> [ Adding Masami to Cc ]
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:28:26 +0200
> Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > If enable_trace_kprobe fails to enable the probe in enable_k(ret)probe
> > it returns an error, but does not unset the tp flags it set previosly.
> > This results in a probe being considered enabled and failures like being
> > unable to remove the probe through kprobe_events file since probes_open()
> > expects every probe to be disabled.
> >
>
> Looks good to me. Masami, want to ack it?

Yes, looks good to me too.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Artem!

>
> -- Steve
>
> > Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 13 +++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > index 21f718472942..fb887ced5056 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > @@ -400,11 +400,10 @@ static struct trace_kprobe *find_trace_kprobe(const char *event,
> > static int
> > enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
> > {
> > + struct event_file_link *link;
> > int ret = 0;
> >
> > if (file) {
> > - struct event_file_link *link;
> > -
> > link = kmalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!link) {
> > ret = -ENOMEM;
> > @@ -424,6 +423,16 @@ enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
> > else
> > ret = enable_kprobe(&tk->rp.kp);
> > }
> > +
> > + if (ret) {
> > + if (file) {
> > + list_del(&link->list);
> > + kfree(link);
> > + tk->tp.flags &= ~TP_FLAG_TRACE;
> > + } else {
> > + tk->tp.flags &= ~TP_FLAG_PROFILE;
> > + }
> > + }
> > out:
> > return ret;
> > }
>


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>