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authorZhang, Yanmin <yanmin.zhang@intel.com>2005-09-30 11:59:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-30 12:41:20 -0700
commit2dd960d66bc12b6b206e63104636514e5da0ddb7 (patch)
tree07fc074809ad2028891201f10b0279d3280da5e6 /arch
parent32e7a04faa29f50f65e06d43a9029bb607743e76 (diff)
downloadlinux-2dd960d66bc12b6b206e63104636514e5da0ddb7.tar.gz
[PATCH] utilization of kprobe_mutex is incorrect on x86_64
The up()/down() orders are incorrect in arch/x86_64/kprobes.c file.
kprobe_mutext is used to protect the free kprobe instruction slot list.
arch_prepare_kprobe applies for a slot from the free list, and
arch_remove_kprobe returns a slot to the free list.  The incorrect up()/down()
orders to operate on kprobe_mutex fail to protect the free list.  If 2 threads
try to get/return kprobe instruction slot at the same time, the free slot list
might be broken, or a free slot might be applied by 2 threads.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <Yanmin.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
index df08c43276a0..76a28b007be9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ static inline int is_IF_modifier(kprobe_opcode_t *insn)
 int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	/* insn: must be on special executable page on x86_64. */
-	up(&kprobe_mutex);
-	p->ainsn.insn = get_insn_slot();
 	down(&kprobe_mutex);
+	p->ainsn.insn = get_insn_slot();
+	up(&kprobe_mutex);
 	if (!p->ainsn.insn) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
-	up(&kprobe_mutex);
-	free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn);
 	down(&kprobe_mutex);
+	free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn);
+	up(&kprobe_mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void save_previous_kprobe(void)