Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:21:28 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] kprobes: Add kprobe_insn_mutex and cleanup arch_remove_kprobe() |
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:56:21 -0500 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> wrote:
> Add kprobe_insn_mutex for protecting kprobe_insn_pages hlist, and remove > kprobe_mutex from architecture dependent code. > > This allows us to call arch_remove_kprobe() (and free_insn_slot) while holding > kprobe_mutex. > > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> > --- > arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 -- > arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c | 8 +++++--- > arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++--- > arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++--- > arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++--- > include/linux/kprobes.h | 1 - > kernel/kprobes.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
For some reasons sparc64 never had this mutex. You've checked that sparc64 will be OK after this change?
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