[PATCH -tip 1/5] [CLEANUP] kprobes: Remove redundant text_mutex lockin optimize

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon May 10 2010 - 13:49:35 EST


Remove text_mutex locking in optimize_all_kprobes, because
that function doesn't modify text but just order optimization
to worker.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

kernel/kprobes.c | 2 --
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 282035f..1d34eef 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -606,14 +606,12 @@ 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");
}



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Masami Hiramatsu
e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
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