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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 18/26] uprobes: slot allocation.
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On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 17:33 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +static unsigned long xol_take_insn_slot(struct uprobes_xol_area *area)
> +{
> + unsigned long slot_addr, flags;
> + int slot_nr;
> +
> + do {
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&area->slot_lock, flags);
> + slot_nr = find_first_zero_bit(area->bitmap, UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
> + if (slot_nr < UINSNS_PER_PAGE) {
> + __set_bit(slot_nr, area->bitmap);
> + slot_addr = area->vaddr +
> + (slot_nr * UPROBES_XOL_SLOT_BYTES);
> + atomic_inc(&area->slot_count);
> + }
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&area->slot_lock, flags);
> + if (slot_nr >= UINSNS_PER_PAGE)
> + xol_wait_event(area);
> +
> + } while (slot_nr >= UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
> +
> + return slot_addr;
> +}

Why isn't a find_first_bit() + set_and_test_bit() not sufficient? That
is, what do you need that lock for?


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