[PATCH] kprobes: fix bug when probed on task and isr functions
This patch fixes a race condition where in system used to hang or sometime
crash within minutes when kprobes are inserted on ISR routine and a task
routine.
The fix has been stress tested on i386, ia64, pp64 and on x86_64. To
reproduce the problem insert kprobes on schedule() and do_IRQ() functions
and you should see hang or system crash.
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3b7653f..f3ea492 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -155,14 +155,36 @@
/* Locks kprobe: irqs must be disabled */
void __kprobes lock_kprobes(void)
{
+ unsigned long flags = 0;
+
+ /* Avoiding local interrupts to happen right after we take the kprobe_lock
+ * and before we get a chance to update kprobe_cpu, this to prevent
+ * deadlock when we have a kprobe on ISR routine and a kprobe on task
+ * routine
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+
spin_lock(&kprobe_lock);
kprobe_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
}
void __kprobes unlock_kprobes(void)
{
+ unsigned long flags = 0;
+
+ /* Avoiding local interrupts to happen right after we update
+ * kprobe_cpu and before we get a a chance to release kprobe_lock,
+ * this to prevent deadlock when we have a kprobe on ISR routine and
+ * a kprobe on task routine
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+
kprobe_cpu = NR_CPUS;
spin_unlock(&kprobe_lock);
+
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
}
/* You have to be holding the kprobe_lock */