Re: [PATCH 15/18] uprobes: wait for mmap_sem for write killable

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Feb 29 2016 - 12:12:25 EST


On 02/29, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> Ahh, I see. I didn't understand what is the purpose of the warning. Does
> the following work for you?
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index a79315d0f711..fb4a6bcc88ce 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1470,7 +1470,8 @@ static void dup_xol_work(struct callback_head *work)
> if (current->flags & PF_EXITING)
> return;
>
> - if (!__create_xol_area(current->utask->dup_xol_addr))
> + if (!__create_xol_area(current->utask->dup_xol_addr) &&
> + !fatal_signal_pending(current)
> uprobe_warn(current, "dup xol area");
> }

Yes, I think this is fine.

Probably deserves a cleanup, but we can do it later.

Oleg.