[PATCH -next v1 1/3] kernel/events/uprobes: pass VMA instead of MM to remove_breakpoint()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Mar 04 2025 - 11:09:27 EST


... and remove the "MM" argument from install_breakpoint(), because it
can easily be derived from the VMA.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 8fc53813779a4..991aacc80d0e0 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1134,10 +1134,10 @@ static bool filter_chain(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
return ret;
}

-static int
-install_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
- struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vaddr)
+static int install_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long vaddr)
{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
bool first_uprobe;
int ret;

@@ -1162,9 +1162,11 @@ install_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
return ret;
}

-static int
-remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr)
+static int remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long vaddr)
{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+
set_bit(MMF_RECALC_UPROBES, &mm->flags);
return set_orig_insn(&uprobe->arch, mm, vaddr);
}
@@ -1296,10 +1298,10 @@ register_for_each_vma(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *new)
if (is_register) {
/* consult only the "caller", new consumer. */
if (consumer_filter(new, mm))
- err = install_breakpoint(uprobe, mm, vma, info->vaddr);
+ err = install_breakpoint(uprobe, vma, info->vaddr);
} else if (test_bit(MMF_HAS_UPROBES, &mm->flags)) {
if (!filter_chain(uprobe, mm))
- err |= remove_breakpoint(uprobe, mm, info->vaddr);
+ err |= remove_breakpoint(uprobe, vma, info->vaddr);
}

unlock:
@@ -1472,7 +1474,7 @@ static int unapply_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
continue;

vaddr = offset_to_vaddr(vma, uprobe->offset);
- err |= remove_breakpoint(uprobe, mm, vaddr);
+ err |= remove_breakpoint(uprobe, vma, vaddr);
}
mmap_read_unlock(mm);

@@ -1610,7 +1612,7 @@ int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
if (!fatal_signal_pending(current) &&
filter_chain(uprobe, vma->vm_mm)) {
unsigned long vaddr = offset_to_vaddr(vma, uprobe->offset);
- install_breakpoint(uprobe, vma->vm_mm, vma, vaddr);
+ install_breakpoint(uprobe, vma, vaddr);
}
put_uprobe(uprobe);
}
--
2.48.1