From 72ef3794c5cd5f5f0e6355c24a529224c449cd14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:28:14 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: Inverse taking of module_mutex with kprobe_mutex Currently module_mutex is taken before kprobe_mutex, but this can cause issues when we have kprobes register ftrace, as the ftrace mutex is taken before enabling a tracepoint, which currently takes the module mutex. If module_mutex is taken before kprobe_mutex, then we can not have kprobes use the ftrace infrastructure. There seems to be no reason that the kprobe_mutex can't be taken before the module_mutex. Running lockdep shows that it is safe among the kernels I've run. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120605102814.27845.21047.stgit@localhost.localdomain Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- Reading git-format-patch failed