Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] uprobes: make uprobe_register() return struct uprobe *

Oleg Nesterov
2024-07-31T07:44:35Z

On 07/31, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:45:35 +0200
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > This way uprobe_unregister() and uprobe_apply() can use "struct uprobe *"
> > rather than inode + offset. This simplifies the code and allows to avoid
> > the unnecessary find_uprobe() + put_uprobe() in these functions.
> >
> > TODO: uprobe_unregister() still needs get_uprobe/put_uprobe to ensure that
> > this uprobe can't be freed before up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem).
>
> Is this TODO item, or just a note? At this moment, this is natural
> to use get_uprobe() to protect uprobe itself.

3/3 from the next series removes the extra get_uprobe() + put_uprobe().

Initially the change said something like

This patch adds the additional get_uprobe/put_uprobe into _register,
the next patch will remove this.

But then decided to split this "next" patch and send it in another series.

Thanks,

Oleg.