(2013/04/05 9:56), Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Hello, Oskar. > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 02:51:26PM +0200, Oskar Andero wrote: >> From: Toby Collett <toby.collett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> The symbol lookup can take a long time and kprobes is >> initialised very early in boot, so delay symbol lookup >> until the blacklist is first used. >> >> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reviewed-by: Radovan Lekanovic <radovan.lekanovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Toby Collett <toby.collett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Oskar Andero <oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> kernel/kprobes.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- >> 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c >> index e35be53..0a270e5 100644 >> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c >> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c >> @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ >> #endif >> >> static int kprobes_initialized; >> +static int kprobe_blacklist_initialized; >> static struct hlist_head kprobe_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE]; >> static struct hlist_head kretprobe_inst_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE]; >> >> @@ -102,6 +103,60 @@ static struct kprobe_blackpoint kprobe_blacklist[] = { >> {NULL} /* Terminator */ >> }; >> >> +/* it can take some time ( > 100ms ) to initialise the >> + * blacklist so we delay this until we actually need it >> + */ >> +static void init_kprobe_blacklist(void) >> +{ >> + int i; >> + unsigned long offset = 0, size = 0; >> + char *modname, namebuf[128]; >> + const char *symbol_name; >> + void *addr; >> + struct kprobe_blackpoint *kb; >> + >> + mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex); >> + if (kprobe_blacklist_initialized) >> + goto out; >> + >> + /* >> + * Lookup and populate the kprobe_blacklist. >> + * >> + * Unlike the kretprobe blacklist, we'll need to determine >> + * the range of addresses that belong to the said functions, >> + * since a kprobe need not necessarily be at the beginning >> + * of a function. >> + */ >> + for (kb = kprobe_blacklist; kb->name != NULL; kb++) { >> + kprobe_lookup_name(kb->name, addr); >> + if (!addr) >> + continue; >> + >> + kb->start_addr = (unsigned long)addr; >> + symbol_name = kallsyms_lookup(kb->start_addr, >> + &size, &offset, &modname, namebuf); >> + if (!symbol_name) >> + kb->range = 0; >> + else >> + kb->range = size; >> + } >> + >> + if (kretprobe_blacklist_size) { >> + /* lookup the function address from its name */ >> + for (i = 0; kretprobe_blacklist[i].name != NULL; i++) { >> + kprobe_lookup_name(kretprobe_blacklist[i].name, >> + kretprobe_blacklist[i].addr); >> + if (!kretprobe_blacklist[i].addr) >> + printk("kretprobe: lookup failed: %s\n", >> + kretprobe_blacklist[i].name); >> + } >> + } >> + kprobe_blacklist_initialized = 1; > > You need smp_wmb() before assigning 'kprobe_blacklist_initialized = 1'. > This guarantee that who see kprobe_blacklist_initialized = 1 will get > updated data of kprobe_blacklist. Right, to ensure blacklist is updated, memory barrier is required. > Please refer my previous patch once more :) > > And How about define kprobe_blacklist_initialized as boolean? Good idea :) Thank you, -- Masami HIRAMATSU IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html