Re: [PATCH 5/8] uprobes: travers uprobe's consumer list locklessly under SRCU protection

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 08/05, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >  int uprobe_apply(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc, bool add)
> > >  {
> > >       struct uprobe_consumer *con;
> > > -     int ret = -ENOENT;
> > > +     int ret = -ENOENT, srcu_idx;
> > >
> > >       down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
> > > -     for (con = uprobe->consumers; con && con != uc ; con = con->next)
> > > -             ;
> > > -     if (con)
> > > -             ret = register_for_each_vma(uprobe, add ? uc : NULL);
> > > +
> > > +     srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&uprobes_srcu);
> > > +     list_for_each_entry_srcu(con, &uprobe->consumers, cons_node,
> > > +                              srcu_read_lock_held(&uprobes_srcu)) {
> > > +             if (con == uc) {
> > > +                     ret = register_for_each_vma(uprobe, add ? uc : NULL);
> > > +                     break;
> > > +             }
> > > +     }
> >
> > we can probably remove the similar check above?
> >
> > I mean, why do we need the list_for_each_entry_srcu() above? Is it possible
> > that uprobe_apply(uprobe, uc) is called when "uc" is not on the ->consumers
> > list?
>
> Tbh, I just don't completely understand how (and why) uprobe_apply()
> is used from kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c, so I wanted to preserve the
> logic exactly. I still don't see when this consumer is added before
> uprobe_apply()... Exposing uprobe_apply() seems like a huge API
> violation to me and I'd rather get rid of its users. But one step at a
> time.

Agreed. Unlike uprobe_unregister(), uprobe_apply() doesn't WARN() or
even explains this check, lets preserve the current logic for now.

And just in case... I am not sure too that the con == NULL case is not
possible with the current code. The recent discussions forced me to recall
some bits in uprobe.c, but not in trace_uprobe.c ;)

Oleg.