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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/2] tracing: remove igrab() iput() call from uprobes.c
On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:56:25 -0700
Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> wrote:

> Caller of uprobe_register is required to keep the inode and containing
> mount point referenced.

I would add a little more background to why this is the case. Also a
possible link to the conversation?

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAELBmZB2XX=qEOLAdvGG4cPx4GEntcSnWQquJLUK1ongRj35cA@mail.gmail.com

?

-- Steve

>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@fb.com>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
> ---
> kernel/events/uprobes.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index ce6848e..20486bb 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
> if (!uprobe)
> return NULL;
>
> - uprobe->inode = igrab(inode);
> uprobe->offset = offset;
> init_rwsem(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
> init_rwsem(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
> @@ -502,7 +501,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
> if (cur_uprobe) {
> kfree(uprobe);
> uprobe = cur_uprobe;
> - iput(inode);
> }
>
> return uprobe;
> @@ -701,7 +699,6 @@ static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
> rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
> spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
> RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
> - iput(uprobe->inode);
> put_uprobe(uprobe);
> }
>
> @@ -873,7 +870,8 @@ static void __uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *u
> * tuple). Creation refcount stops uprobe_unregister from freeing the
> * @uprobe even before the register operation is complete. Creation
> * refcount is released when the last @uc for the @uprobe
> - * unregisters.
> + * unregisters. Caller of uprobe_register() is required to keep @inode
> + * (and the containing mount) referenced.
> *
> * Return errno if it cannot successully install probes
> * else return 0 (success)

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