| Re: [PATCH -utrace] Move utrace into task_struct [message #12744 is a reply to message #12732] |
Tue, 08 May 2007 14:34  |
Alexey Dobriyan
Messages: 195
Registered: August 2006
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Regardless of future of "struct utrace utrace;" patch looks like there
is another race: engine's flags and ops settings in utrace_detach() and
acting on them in report_quiescent():
utrace_detach() report_quiescent()
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[utrace lock held] [utrace lock is not held]
engine->flags = UTRACE_EVENT(QUIESCE) |
UTRACE_ACTION_QUIESCE;
if (engine->flags & UTRACE_EVENT(QUIESCE))
REPORT(report_quiesce);
rcu_assign_pointer(engine->ops, &dead_engine_ops);
At the moment of REPORT call engine's ops are still "live" ptrace ops
which do not have ->report_quiesce callback. So, there will oops while
calling function at NULL address. "Dead" ptrace engine ops do have dummy
callback but it wasn't yet glued.
I hit this once with "struct utrace utrace;" patch applied, but this
bug is also present in stock utrace, I'm sure.
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