Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] kernel/uprobes: Fix check for active uprobe

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 09/22, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
>
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1751,6 +1751,19 @@ static struct uprobe *find_active_uprobe(unsigned long bp_vaddr, int *is_swbp)
>  			uprobe = find_uprobe(inode, offset);
>  		}
>  
> +		/* Ensure that the breakpoint was actually installed */
> +		if (uprobe) {
> +			/*
> +			 * TODO: move copy_insn/etc into _register and remove
> +			 * this hack.  After we hit the bp, _unregister +
> +			 * _register can install the new and not-yet-analyzed
> +			 * uprobe at the same address, restart.
> +			 */
> +			smp_rmb(); /* pairs with wmb() in prepare_uprobe() */
> +			if (unlikely(!test_bit(UPROBE_COPY_INSN, &uprobe->flags)))
> +				uprobe = NULL;
> +		}

ACK ...

but the comment is no longer valid, it only mentions the race  unregister +
register.

And note that "restart" is not true in that we are not going to simply restart,
we will check is_trap_at_addr() and then either send SIGTRAP or restart.

This is correct because we do this check under mmap_sem so we can't race with
install_breakpoint(), so is_trap_at_addr() == T can't be falsely true if
UPROBE_COPY_INSN is not set.

And btw, perhaps you should do this check right after find_uprobe() in the
if (valid_vma) block.

Oleg.