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From: "Török Edwin" <edwintorok@gmail.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: srostedt@redhat.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	sandmann@daimi.au.dk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix locking
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:59:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49293777.8070404@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081123105211.GC30453@elte.hu>

On 2008-11-23 12:52, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> +		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>> +		vma = find_vma(mm, ip);
>>  		if (vma) {
>>  			file = vma->vm_file;
>>  			vmstart = vma->vm_start;
>>  		}
>> +		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>>  	}
>>  	if (file) {
>>  		ret = trace_seq_path(s, &file->f_path);
>>     
>
> and now it's "file" that is held without a reference and possibly 
> racy.
>   

I'll move the (file) inside the mmap_sem too, since file is part of vma,
and you need mmap_sem to access the vma
nobody can modify (file) if they don't hold mmap_sem.
Am I right?

--Edwin

  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-23 10:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-22 11:28 [PATCH 0/2] tracing: userspace stacktraces Török Edwin
2008-11-22 11:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] tracing: add support for userspace stacktraces in tracing/iter_ctrl Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:37   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 3/3] tracing/stack-tracer: introduce CONFIG_USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT Török Edwin
2008-11-22 11:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:47   ` [PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 21:06     ` Randy Dunlap
2008-11-23 21:24       ` [PATCH] fix comment style on mangle_path Török Edwin
2008-11-23 21:36         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-28 10:05     ` [PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global Al Viro
2008-11-28 17:08       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23  8:53   ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 1/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix style issues Török Edwin
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 2/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix locking Török Edwin
2008-11-23 10:52       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:59         ` Török Edwin [this message]
2008-11-23 11:01           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 11:04             ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23 11:07               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 11:08                 ` [PATCH] tracing/stack-tracer: avoid races accessing file Török Edwin
2008-11-23 11:20                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-25 14:40   ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Frank Ch. Eigler
2008-11-26  9:59     ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 10:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-11-27 12:48       ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2008-11-27 13:02         ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-11-27 13:03         ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 14:10           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-27 14:27             ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 14:51               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-12-09 19:49                 ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:26 ` [PATCH 0/2] tracing: userspace stacktraces Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23  9:24   ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23  9:30     ` Ingo Molnar

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