Re: [PATCH 0/7] Uprobes: Support SDT markers having reference count (semaphore)

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed,  6 Jun 2018 14:03:37 +0530
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Why RFC again:
> 
> This series is different from earlier versions[1]. Earlier series
> implemented this feature in trace_uprobe while this has implemented
> the logic in core uprobe. Few reasons for this:
>  1. One of the major reason was the deadlock between uprobe_lock and
>  mm->mmap inside trace_uprobe_mmap(). That deadlock was not easy to fix
>  because mm->mmap is not in control of trace_uprobe_mmap() and it has
>  to take uprobe_lock to loop over trace_uprobe list. More details can
>  be found at[2]. With this new approach, there are no deadlocks found
>  so far.
>  2. Many of the core uprobe function and data-structures needs to be
>  exported to make earlier implementation simple. With this new approach,
>  reference counter logic is been implemented in core uprobe and thus
>  no need to export anything.


A quick scan of the patches, I don't see anything controversial with
them. Unless others have any qualms about it, I say repost as non RFC,
and we can start doing a more thorough review.

Thanks,

-- Steve
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