public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: perf_event_mmap(vma) && !vma->vm_mm
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:22:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131012192203.GA21738@redhat.com> (raw)

Hi,

I am fighting with uprobe bug, and perf_event_mmap() complicates
the problem, it is the only reason (afaics) why the forking task
can not do install_special_mapping(new_child_mm). This means that
the child should do this itself, say, from task_work_run() but
this way it can't handle the error if get_xol_area() fails, too
late to abort the already finished copy_process().

But please ignore, the only question is that I can't understand
this

	if (!vma->vm_mm) {
		name = strncpy(tmp, "[vdso]", sizeof(tmp));
		goto got_name;
	}

code in perf_event_mmap_event() and I am just curious. How it is
possible that vma->vm_mm == NULL ? perf_event_mmap(vma) is never
called with, say, vma == gate_vma. And even if it was possible
arch_vma_name() should handle this case?

Thanks,

Oleg.


             reply	other threads:[~2013-10-12 19:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-12 19:22 Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2013-10-14 10:24 ` perf_event_mmap(vma) && !vma->vm_mm Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-16 20:09   ` [PATCH 0/2] (Was: perf_event_mmap(vma) && !vma->vm_mm) Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 20:09     ` [PATCH 1/2] perf: Kill the dead !vma->vm_mm code in perf_event_mmap_event() Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-29 14:08       ` [tip:perf/core] perf: Kill the dead !vma-> vm_mm " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 20:10     ` [PATCH 2/2] perf: Do not waste PAGE_SIZE bytes for ALIGN(8) " Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-29 14:08       ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 20:28     ` [PATCH 0/2] (Was: perf_event_mmap(vma) && !vma->vm_mm) Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-16 20:43       ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 20:55         ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-16 20:55           ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 20:58         ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-16 20:58           ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-16 21:16             ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-17 15:20               ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-17 15:27                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-17 16:47                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-17 18:24                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-17 21:32                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-11-06 13:19                       ` [tip:perf/core] perf: Factor out strncpy() in perf_event_mmap_event() tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2013-10-17 16:38                 ` [PATCH 0/2] (Was: perf_event_mmap(vma) && !vma->vm_mm) Peter Zijlstra
2013-10-17 15:22     ` [PATCH 3/2] perf: Optimize the fill/align code in perf_event_mmap_event() Oleg Nesterov

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20131012192203.GA21738@redhat.com \
    --to=oleg@redhat.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mingo@kernel.org \
    --cc=peterz@infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox