[PATCH] kretprobe spinlock deadlock patch
authorbibo,mao <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:17:35 +0000 (02:17 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:57:16 +0000 (07:57 -0700)
commit99219a3fbc2dcf2eaa954f7b2ac27299fd7894cd
tree895abde156c9fbeea9c5a87cfaaa411d4ad175c6
parentf2aa85a0ccd90110e76c6375535adc3ae358f971
[PATCH] kretprobe spinlock deadlock patch

kprobe_flush_task() possibly calls kfree function during holding
kretprobe_lock spinlock, if kfree function is probed by kretprobe that will
incur spinlock deadlock.  This patch moves kfree function out scope of
kretprobe_lock.

Signed-off-by: bibo, mao <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
include/linux/kprobes.h
kernel/kprobes.c