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SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: add missing block_bio_complete() tracepoint
Hi,

2012-01-31 7:39 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Namhyung Kim<namhyung@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Right, but the point is it could make a NULL pointer dereference during
>> evaluation of the argument of the TP AFAICS. I'm not sure about the TP
>> implementation though, I think I was wrong - T_E_C() cannot protect us from
>> it because it happens just before jumping to the TP, right?
>>
>> So I think we need a conditional jump (with the "likely" annotation) for
>> this even when the TP is disabled.
>
> Hmmm... still not following. Where the said NULL dereference happen?
> TEC conditional is equivalent to "if (COND) TP;". If you don't use
> TEC, it'll be "if (COND) if (TP enabled) TP;". With TEC, it will be
> "if (TP enabled) if (COND) TP;". There's no other difference.
>
> Thanks.
>

I've made a quick investigation on TP implementation, and finally
figured out what I was wrong - I thought the COND would be checkd in a
probe, but it's not. Thanks for pointing it out.

However, for some reason, it seems gcc generated code that evaluates the
arguments - bdev_get_queue() in this case - before checking the COND.
Simple test module below caused a NULL pointer dereference when I used
TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(), but not for conditional jump:

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/bio.h>

static int __init init_mod(void)
{
struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
bio_endio(bio, 0);
bio_put(bio);
return 0;
}

static void __exit exit_mod(void)
{
}

module_init(init_mod);
module_exit(exit_mod);


Thanks,
Namhyung


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