Re: [PATCH -tip 5/5] kprobes: Don't call BUG_ON if there is a kprobe in use on free list

[Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:23:56 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Instead of calling BUG_ON, if we find a kprobe in use on free kprobe
> > list, just remove it from the list and keep it on kprobe hash list
> > as same as other in-use kprobes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  kernel/kprobes.c |    8 +++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > index 63c342e5e6c3..e3420364b415 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > @@ -546,8 +546,14 @@ static void do_free_cleaned_kprobes(void)
> >  	struct optimized_kprobe *op, *tmp;
> >  
> >  	list_for_each_entry_safe(op, tmp, &freeing_list, list) {
> > -		BUG_ON(!kprobe_unused(&op->kp));
> >  		list_del_init(&op->list);
> > +		if (!kprobe_unused(&op->kp)) {
> > +			/*
> > +			 * This must not happen, but if there is a kprobe
> > +			 * still in use, keep it on kprobes hash list.
> > +			 */
> > +			continue;
> 
> If this is an 'impossible' code path then I think it would make sense to add a WARN_ON_ONCE() 
> here.

I agree. This means something goes wrong. That is enough reason to warn user.

Thank you!

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>