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SubjectRe: [3/3 PATCH] Kprobes: User space probes support- single stepping out-of-line
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> And we'll need to actually *be* in-atomic.  That means we need an
> open-coded inc_preempt_count() and dec_preempt_count() in there and I don't
> see them.
>

..

> Why is VM_LOCKED being set? (It needs a comment).
>
> Where does it get unset?


if this is an attempt to make the copy_in_atomic to be atomic, then it
is a bug; the user can unset this bit after all via mprotect, even from
another thread, and concurrently. UnGood(tm).


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